与虎谋皮 meaning in English

ask a tiger for its skin [hide];a doomed petition; do an impossibility; request sb. to act against his own interests 短语和例子

To ask him for help was like asking a tiger for its skin .
向他求助无异于与虎谋皮。
You ' re taking favors from a tiger , becky
你这是在与虎谋皮，蓓基
Meanwhile , the following legislative defects become more and more obvious . it ' s difficult for the parties to apply the courts for confirmation of errors made by the government agencies and judicial organs . the officers of the compulsory bodies delay to compensate as the judges of their own cases
但同时也暴露出种种程序缺陷，主要包括申诉程序形同虚设，先行处理程序是与虎谋皮，赔偿委员会决定程序不公平，没有针对拒不履行赔偿决定的行为作出惩罚性规定，等等。