bite the hand that feeds you



bite the hand that feeds you

Show ingratitude, turn against a benefactor. For example, The college gave me a scholarship, so I shouldn't bite the hand that feeds me and criticize its hiring policies . Used about 600 b.c. by the Greek poet Sappho, this metaphor of a dog biting its master was first recorded in English in 1711.
See also: bite, feed, hand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pace[peis]
Sokrates-Ancient Greek
Lungile-Southern African, Zulu
DilbertDIL-burtPopular Culture
Mariam-Biblical Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Arabic
HelfriedHEL-freetGerman