bite the hand that feeds one



bite the hand that feeds one

Fig. to do harm to someone who does good things for you. (Does not involve biting.) I'm your mother! How can you bite the hand that feeds you? She can hardly expect sympathy when she bites the hand that feeds her.
See also: bite, feed, hand, one

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ŽAn-Slovene
Kalev (1)-Estonian
TeodÓRa-Hungarian
Chibuike-Western African, Igbo
Zola (1)ZO-ləEnglish
Pema-Tibetan, Bhutanese