Idiom
bite the hand that feeds one
Meaning
To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't bite the hand that feeds you by insulting your boss.”
“He relied on his parents for rent, yet he still criticized them, effectively biting the hand that feeds him.”
“By publicly attacking the investors who saved his company from bankruptcy, the CEO foolishly bit the hand that fed him.”
Examples
simple
“Don't bite the hand that feeds you by insulting your boss.”
contextual
“He relied on his parents for rent, yet he still criticized them, effectively biting the hand that feeds him.”
complex
“By publicly attacking the investors who saved his company from bankruptcy, the CEO foolishly bit the hand that fed him.”
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