Traduction :
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
Référence :
啮:咬;狸:狸猫。无路可逃的老鼠也会咬猫。比喻受人欺压,虽然敌不过,也会拼死抵抗。
Origine :
汉·桓宽《盐铁论·诏圣》:“死不再生,穷鼠啮狸。”
Annotation :
穷鼠啮狸1
1. qióngshǔnièlí :
[EN] a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on