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saw off the branch one is sitting on

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To pursue a course of action that will lead to self-destruction.

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: sahata omaa oksaansa — Translations
  • French: scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis — Translations
  • German: den Ast absägen, auf dem man sitzt — Translations
  • Greek: πριονίζω το κλαδί στο οποίο κάθομαι (prionízo to kladí sto opoío káthomai) — Translations
  • Greek: πριονίζω το κλαδί που κάθομαι (prionízo to kladí pou káthomai) — Translations
  • Hungarian: maga alatt vágja a fát — Translations
  • Polish: podcinać gałąź, na której się siedzi — Translations
  • Polish: podciąć gałąź, na której się siedzi — Translations
  • Russian: пили́ть сук, на кото́ром сиди́шь (pilítʹ suk, na kotórom sidíšʹ) — Translations