Hi, friends,
another brain-twister:
Suppose you,ve got a bosom friend who is hopeless at maths. You wish he could do better, but no matter how hard you try to help him, he keeps getting poor grades. All you can do is to write his homework and let him copy from you in class.
In my country we call this kind of favour a 'bear's favour' (origin unclear). The meaning can be brought to the following: you help somebody out of pure pity for them, knowing that they won't do anything to improve the situation; you just can't help yourself, being well aware of the fact that you are leading them to no good.
Do you have an idiom for the same kind of favour?
Thank you
another brain-twister:
Suppose you,ve got a bosom friend who is hopeless at maths. You wish he could do better, but no matter how hard you try to help him, he keeps getting poor grades. All you can do is to write his homework and let him copy from you in class.
In my country we call this kind of favour a 'bear's favour' (origin unclear). The meaning can be brought to the following: you help somebody out of pure pity for them, knowing that they won't do anything to improve the situation; you just can't help yourself, being well aware of the fact that you are leading them to no good.
Do you have an idiom for the same kind of favour?
Thank you