"sacar el ascua con mano ajena" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: saco el ascua con mano ajena [first-person, present, singular], saqué el ascua con mano ajena [first-person, preterite, singular], sacado el ascua con mano ajena [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to take out the embers with someone else's hand”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to take out the embers with someone else's hand}} “to take out the embers with someone else's hand”, {{lit|to take out the embers with someone else's hand}} Literally, “to take out the embers with someone else's hand” Head templates: {{es-verb}} sacar el ascua con mano ajena (first-person singular present saco el ascua con mano ajena, first-person singular preterite saqué el ascua con mano ajena, past participle sacado el ascua con mano ajena)
  1. (idiomatic) to get someone else to do one's dirty work Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: sacar el ascua con la mano del gato
    Sense id: en-sacar_el_ascua_con_mano_ajena-es-verb-bBeYTZJZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
     
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    },
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        "(idiomatic) to get someone else to do one's dirty work"
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        "1": "to take out the embers with someone else's hand"
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        "singular"
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        "(idiomatic) to get someone else to do one's dirty work"
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        {
          "word": "sacar el ascua con la mano del gato"
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      ],
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  ],
  "word": "sacar el ascua con mano ajena"
}

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