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窮鼠猫を噛む
Hiragana
きゅうそねこをかむ
Proverb
Japanese Meaning
窮地に追い込まれた弱者が、必死になって強者に反撃することのたとえ。 / 普段はおとなしい者でも、逃げ場のない状況に追い詰められると激しく抵抗すること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
よわいものでも、おいつめられると、つよいあいてにたちむかうこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
被逼到绝境时，弱者也会反击。 / 狗急跳墙。 / 走投无路时也会拼死一搏。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
比喻弱者被逼急時也會反擊。 / 形容走投無路時鋌而走險或拼死反抗。 / 警惕不可把人逼到絕境，否則會引發激烈反撲。
Korean Meaning
궁지에 몰리면 약자도 강하게 반격한다. / 절박한 상황에서는 약자도 필사적으로 저항한다. / 몰리면 누구나 사력을 다해 덤빈다.
Vietnamese Meaning
Kẻ yếu khi bị dồn vào đường cùng cũng sẽ phản kháng. / Bị dồn vào chân tường sẽ liều mạng chống trả. / Tuyệt vọng khiến kẻ yếu quay lại tấn công.
Tagalog Meaning
Kahit mahina, lumalaban kapag nasukol. / Ang naaapi ay gumaganti kapag wala nang takas. / Kapag naipit, nakakapinsala rin ang mahina.
Sense（1）
a cornered rat will bite a cat, weak people will attack when cornered
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a cornered rat will bite a cat, weak people will attack when cornered
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窮鼠猫を噛む
窮鼠猫を噛むということわざがあるが、それは絶体絶命の状況に追い込まれた者が、普段ならば恐れている相手にも反撃するという意味だ。
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There is a proverb, 'a cornered rat will bite a cat,' which means that a person driven into a desperate situation will fight back even against an opponent they would normally fear.
There is a proverb, 'a cornered rat will bite a cat,' which means that a person driven into a desperate situation will fight back even against an opponent they would normally fear.
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窮鼠猫を噛むということわざがあるが、それは絶体絶命の状況に追い込まれた者が、普段ならば恐れている相手にも反撃するという意味だ。
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