Cut the flesh and feed the tiger
Cut the flesh and feed the tiger
The Chinese idiom, G ē R ò us ì h ǔ, means to cut off the flesh and feed the tiger. It is a metaphor to give up one's life and satisfy the other's greed. It comes from the biography of Prince Wei in historical records.
The origin of Idioms
The biography of Wei Gongzi in historical records says, "you like scholars and are famous all over the world. Now you are in trouble. If you want to go to the Qin army without any other end, for example, if you throw meat at the tiger, how can you be successful?"
Idiom usage
Although the policy of "to" was adopted, the ambition of the warlords never ended. The sixty ninth chapter of Tao Juyin's a history of the reign of the Northern Warlords
Cut the flesh and feed the tiger
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