To have a tiger by the tail – Meaning in Hindi, Example

To have a tiger by the tailIdioms Related to Animals · Tiger

Meaning: To have become associated with something powerful and potentially dangerous.

Hindi meaning: पूंछ से बाघ होना

Example: Trying to deal with the problem of drugs on the streets is like grabbing a tiger by the tail.

To have a tiger by the tail - To have become associated with something powerful and potentially dangerous.

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Be hand and glove — Be very close

By and large — On the whole

By fits and starts — Irregularly, Sporadic

By leaps and bounds — Very rapidly

Carrot and stick policy — Reward and punishment policy

Cut and dried — Readymade

To have ants in your pants — To be unable to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something.

Barking up the wrong tree — To make the wrong choice, or ask the wrong person. (Imagine Laika barking up a tree thinking there's a squirrel up there, but the squirrel has already run along the branches to another tree.)

To have a tiger by the tail – meaning in Hindi

To have a tiger by the tailIdioms Related to Animals · Tiger

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