you cannot afford to incur public wrath

you cannot afford to incur public wrath

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ø NGN ù n á NR è n, which means that people's anger is hard to resist. It comes from Lu Zhi of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

It's hard to resist the anger of others.

The origin of Idioms

Lu Zhi of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his book Fengtian please stop qionglin Daying Er Ku Zhuan: "it's difficult for all people to be angry, and the resentment will eventually be released."

Idiom usage

As the object and attributive, it's the same as "no one can be offended by public anger"