saw off the branch one is sitting on

saw off the branch one is sitting on

English

Verb

saw off the branch one is sitting on (third-person singular simple present saws off the branch one is sitting on, present participle sawing off the branch one is sitting on, simple past sawed off the branch one was sitting on, past participle sawed off the branch one was sitting on or sawn off the branch one was sitting on)

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Translations

Translations

Finnish: sahata omaa oksaansa French: scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis (fr)

German: den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt Russian: пили́ть сук, на кото́ром сиди́шь (pilítʹ suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ)

See also

• bite the hand that feeds one
• dig a hole for oneself
• dig one's own grave
• shoot oneself in the foot