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单词 have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger)
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have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger)

Have embarked on a course of action which proves unexpectedly difficult but which cannot easily or safely be abandoned: if you push me down again you might find that you have a tiger by the tail she was riding a tiger and there was no way of escape...
  • The Chinese are riding a tiger, and can't easily get off.
  • On both occasions politicians, academics and bureaucrats found themselves riding a tiger of unanticipated national emotion.
  • If things work out and you become an institution, how long will it be before you're riding a tiger and can't get off?
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