窮鼠猫を噛む

窮鼠猫きゅうそねこを噛かむ

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Parts: 窮鼠猫噛む

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Meaning

English · JMdict

a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward

「そんなに舐なめられた相手あいてじゃないけどなぁ・・・」「そうだよ、窮鼠猫を噛むってきゅうそねこをかむ言ゆうじゃないか」

"I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ..." "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"

Kanji

窮キュウ hard up, destitute, suffer 鼠ソ rat, mouse, dark gray 猫ビョウ cat 噛コウ chew, bite, gnaw

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「そんなに舐なめられた相手あいてじゃないけどなぁ・・・」「そうだよ、窮鼠猫を噛むってきゅうそねこをかむ言ゆうじゃないか」

"I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ..." "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"

Tatoeba

窮鼠猫きゅうそねこを噛かむ。

A cornered rat will bite a cat.

Tatoeba

あいつ追おいつめられたら何なんするか分わからないぞ。窮鼠猫を噛むってきゅうそねこをかむこともあるからな。気きを付つけるに越こしたことはない。

I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.

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