like fish swimming in the cooking pot—in imminent peril;on the verge of death (/destruction)
? 他們絕對跑不了啦，你難道還看不出他們已是～了嗎？ They will never be able to escape. Don’t you see they are in imminent peril like fish sw imming in a cooking pot?
魚游釜中yu you fu zhong
like fish swimming in a cooking pot—in imminent peril
魚游釜中yú yóu fǔ zhōnɡ
魚在鍋里游來游去。比喻身臨絕境，面臨滅頂之災(zāi)。in imminent peril, like fish swimming in a cooking pot