bite the hand that feeds you
Example Sentences
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To Gay, it also felt like Garcia was betting against her own team and had violated the cardinal rule of reality TV: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
“Every artist is understandably nervous to bite the hand that feeds you, even if it doesn’t feed you much,” Hunt said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
Some protesters held placards reading ‘No farmer, no food’ and ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you’.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2021
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you if it’s a winning hand.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2019
And he grated on the sensibilities of the nation by referring to his influence in getting Taft elected in 1908 and remarking, "it is a bad trait to bite the hand that feeds you."
From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley
