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"etymology_text": "Literally, \"to saw off the branch on which one is sitting\".",
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"expansion": "den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt",
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"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "phrase",
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"to undermine one's own position; to act in a way that will eventually make one lose something that one is dependent on"
],
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"(idiomatic) to undermine one's own position; to act in a way that will eventually make one lose something that one is dependent on"
],
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"word": "den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt"
}
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"etymology_text": "Literally, \"to saw off the branch on which one is sitting\".",
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],
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"pos": "phrase",
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"to undermine one's own position; to act in a way that will eventually make one lose something that one is dependent on"
],
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"(idiomatic) to undermine one's own position; to act in a way that will eventually make one lose something that one is dependent on"
],
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"idiomatic"
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],
"word": "den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt"
}
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