tiger by the tail

虎头蛇尾虎尾巴虎口夺食虎口脱险

tiger by the tail 的定义

  1. Something too difficult to manage or cope with, as in You know nothing about the commodities market; you'll end up catching a tiger by the tail. This colorful metaphor conjures up the image of grabbing a powerful but fierce animal by the tail, only to have it turn on one. [Second half of 1900s]

tiger by the tail 近义词

tiger by the tail

等同于 mania

tiger by the tail

等同于 obsession

tiger by the tail

等同于 compulsion

更多tiger by the tail例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. All of the big cats have a special mystique, but perhaps none more so than the tiger.
  5. The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
  8. John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”
  9. The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
  10. The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.