catch a tiger by the tail


something too difficult to manage or cope with.
this colorful metaphor conjures up the image of grabbing a powerful but fierce animal by the tail, only to have it turn on one.
you know nothing about the commodities market; you’ll end up catch a tiger by the tail.

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