sacar el ascua con la mano del gato

Meanings:

• 1.

  General Spanishliteral
  • To take or remove a hot ember (coal) using the cat's paw or hand.

• 2.

  General SpanishSpainLatin Americaproverbialcolloquial
  • To cause or arrange for someone else to assume a dangerous, unpleasant, or risky task on one's behalf; to use another person as a decoy or scapegoat.