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| корыстные цели (tafosehu); шкурный интерес (Ремедиос_П); хитрый малый (Someone who has a hidden motive. This phrase is said to have originated from Benjamin Franklin who told a story about a devious man who asked how a grinding wheel worked. He ended up walking away with his axe sharpened free of charge КГА); себе на уме (КГА) | |||
| личный интерес (He evidently has an axe to grind. joyand) | |||
| an axe to grind: 14 phrases in 4 subjects |
| General | 10 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Makarov | 2 |