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مار در آستین پرورندایم.

Answer 1

viper in one's bosom


Also, snake in one's bosom. An ungrateful or treacherous friend, as in I got him dozens of freelance jobs, and then he told everyone I was a lousy musician—nothing like nourishing a viper in one's bosom.

This metaphoric expression, often put as nourish a viper (or snake) in one's bosom, comes from Aesop's fable about a farmer who shelters a snake dying from the cold, which then fatally bites him after it recovers. It was referred to by Chaucer and Shakespeare, and appeared in numerous proverb collections.

So it means you look after someone as a friend, do them a favor and they then act treacherously towards you.

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Hi

Bravo.(+1)
 

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Thanks dude.

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tnx a billion, mostly for the explanation about what this idiom comes from

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Hi. Farzad

Thanks. Welcome. Which one is better? : let's help each other to have a tidy place:

tnx a billion, mostly for the explanation about what this idiom comes from

tnx a billion, mostly for the explanation about what this idiom comes from

Answer 2

این جواب میده به نظرتون؟ : grow a snake up my own sleeve
 

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thanks to you, I found the answer.