| 釋義 |
騎虎南下勢(shì)成騎虎qí hǔ nán xiàride a tiger and find it difficult to get off—have no way to back down; be in a situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself;be caught in a dilemma (/a fix/an awkward situation); get into a position from which there is no retiring; get sb in the chancery;grab the bear by the tail (and can’t let go); have(/hold) a wolf by the ears; start sth that proves more than one can carry through without danger; up a gum tree
? 本月三日拋出的一百萬(wàn)公債，都成了～之勢(shì)，…… (茅盾《子夜》300) …and the one million bonds we sold out on the third. It’s a case of“in for a penny,in for a pound，”…/然而為難的是現(xiàn)在兩樣都弄成～。(茅盾《子夜》346)The trouble is,we’re in both things right up to the neck,and we can’t easily give up any one of them. |