be caught between two fires

be caught between two fires

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B è if ù sh ò UD í, which means both before and after being attacked by the enemy. It comes from Li Min, a Southern Tang family in the new history of Five Dynasties.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: be attacked on the back and on the stomach

Idiom usage

It is difficult to realize Gao Qi's plan of "expanding the territory" to the south, but it made the Jin Dynasty suffer from the enemy and disperse its forces. Fan Wenlan, Cai Meibiao and others

The origin of Idioms

Li Min, a family of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the new history of the Five Dynasties, said: "I have no tools for water war, but if I make huaibing break the Zhengyang floating bridge, I will suffer from the enemy."