Does the "bear's favour" idiom exist in English?
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Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Oct-2018 06:58:41 JST
Eugen
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Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Oct-2018 07:02:39 JST
Eugen
It means unsolicited favour that doesn't turn out well.
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Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Oct-2018 07:03:24 JST
Eugen
Cool I found its origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_and_the_Gardener
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Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Oct-2018 08:59:38 JST
Eugen
@jacobgorban Yeah, Russian
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