bite the hand that feeds

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bite the hand that feeds you

to treat someone badly who has helped you in some way, often someone who has provided you with money Leaving the company after they've spent three years training you up - it's a bit like biting the hand that feeds you.

See also: bite, feed, hand

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He would do well to remember an important rule of life and business: "Never bite the hand that feeds you. Record View: He's talking a latte rubbish by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) People think that Labour won't get in again but I think they will get in with a reducedmajority, because the people that are getting all the easy money will not bite the hand that feeds them, and also the money that is given to the Scottish Parliament means that the Labour lot up there will help put him back in. Letter: Mailbag - Brown will go on spending our cash by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The Tories remain the political wing of the hedge funds and Dave Spart is only pretending to bite the hand that feeds him. Cam's lost all credit by The Mirror (London, England)			birth biscuit bit bit by bit bit much bit off bitch bitch about bitch and moan bitch of bitch off bitch up bite bite back bite head off bite into Bite me! bite nails bite off bite off more than can chew bite off more than one can chew bite on bite the big one bite the bullet bite the dust bite the hand that feeds bite the hand that feeds one Bite the ice! bite tongue Bite your tongue! biting bits and pieces bitten bitten by the same bug bitter bitter pill to swallow bitty blab blab around blab out black black and blue black and white black as a skillet black as one is painted black eye black mark beside name black out black sheep of the family black-and-blue blackmail into doing			bite raising bite raising bite raising bite record bite record bite record bite reflex bite reflex bite reflex bite reflex bite rest bite rest bite rest bite rim bite rim bite rim bite rim Bite Sign Bite Status Register bite the big one bite the big one bite the bullet bite the bullet bite the bullet bite the bullet bite the bullet bite the dust bite the dust bite the dust bite the dust bite the hand that feeds bite the hand that feeds (one) bite the hand that feeds (one) bite the hand that feeds (one) bite the hand that feeds one Bite the ice! Bite the Waffle Bite the wax tadpole Bite the wax tadpole Bite the wax tadpole bite through bite tongue bite tongue bite tongue bite tongue bite wing film bite wing radiograph bite wound bite wound bite wound Bite wounds Bite wounds Bite wounds Bite your thumb Bite your thumb Bite Your Tongue Bite your tongue! bite-block bite-size bite-sized bite-wing

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