Before the wolf, after the tiger

Before the wolf, after the tiger

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l á nqi á NH ǔ h ò u, which means that the wolf is driven away by the front door and the tiger comes by the back door. It means that bad people come one after another. It comes from guillotine: party struggle by Gan Xing in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

The origin of Idioms

In guillotine, Party strife, written by Gan Xing in Qing Dynasty, "I knew that before and after the wolves, I was as angry as before."

Idiom explanation

The front door drives away the wolf, and the back door comes the tiger. It means that bad people come one after another.