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bite the hand that feeds you

idiom/baɪt ðə hænd ðət fidz ju/

to be ungrateful to someone who has helped you

You shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you by being disrespectful to your mentor.

word origin — From a Burke speech in 1790 — describes a domesticated animal biting the master who gives it food.