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catch a Tartar
Verb
archaic
colloquial
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
相手に手を出したり、強盗を試みた際に、その相手が見た目以上に強く、危険で暴力的であると判明すること。 / 初めは予想していたよりも、対象がはるかに力のある、手強い存在であることが明らかになる状態を表す。
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(archaic, colloquial) To discover someone is much stronger, much more dangerous, and/or much more violent than they appeared at first, especially after laying hands on them or (cant, obsolete) in a failed attempt to rob someone who turns out to be a stronger robber.
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catch a Tartar
He thought the job would be easy, but when the rival arrived he really caught a Tartar.
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He thought the job would be easy, but when the rival arrived he really caught a Tartar.
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