困兽犹斗 meaning in English
a beast at bay will put up a desperate fight.; a final desperate fling; a man in desperation will still put up a stubborn fight.; a pent-up beast will yet fight.; a wild beast in the toils still fights.; a wild beast, when cornered, will stand at bay.; cornered beasts will still fight.; even a beast at bay will fight.; even a trapped beast struggles.; even pent-up wild beasts attempt to struggle.; fighting back like a cornered animal; one fights to the death in desperation.; the crushed worm will turn.; thread on a worm and it will turn.: 你不知道困兽犹斗吗? 为什么这样麻 痹大意? don't you know the crushed worm will turn? why are you so lacking in vigilance
Examples
- Although the criminals have been stuck in our trap , we must be on guard against their turning to bay
虽然罪犯已落入我们的圈套，然而困兽犹斗，我们不能有丝毫大意。 - Depressed and slinking though they were , eyes of fire were not wanting among them ; nor compressed lips , white with what they suppressed ; nor foreheads knitted into the likeness of the gallows - rope they mused about enduring , or inflicting
在人们走投无路的神色里，还带着困兽犹斗的意思。虽然大家精神萎靡，可抿紧了嘴唇眼里冒火者也大有人在-一那嘴唇因咽下的怒气而抿得发白。