Lead the tiger to resist the wolf

Lead the tiger to resist the wolf

Also known as "lead the wolf to resist the tiger.". It refers to the introduction of another evil force to resist the original evil force, and its disaster will be even worse.

Idiom explanation

Lead the tiger to resist the wolf explanation: also known as "lead the wolf to resist the tiger". It refers to the introduction of another evil force to resist the original evil force, and its disaster will be even worse.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Chen Tianhua's "fierce turning back" in the Qing Dynasty: "never borrow foreign soldiers. It's a bad strategy to lead the tiger to resist the wolf. I advise you not to do it." Li Dazhao's book of warning the nation's fathers and elders: "but the disaster of leading a wolf to resist a tiger is due to this, and it can't be controlled."