Idiom
have the tiger by the tail
Meaning
To be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has the tiger by the tail with this new project.”
“She realized she had the tiger by the tail when the business deal became too complex to stop or finish.”
“By accepting the leadership role during the crisis, he found he had the tiger by the tail, unable to retreat without causing a total collapse.”
Examples
simple
“He has the tiger by the tail with this new project.”
contextual
“She realized she had the tiger by the tail when the business deal became too complex to stop or finish.”
complex
“By accepting the leadership role during the crisis, he found he had the tiger by the tail, unable to retreat without causing a total collapse.”
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