Lingaku- a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
- to be driven to desperate action
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- a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone, faced with extreme circumstances or pressure, takes desperate or unexpected actions.
He made a desperate decision in his hopeless situation.
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gǒu jí tiào qiáng狗急跳墙a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)zuò做jí急tiào跳qiáng墙shì事to act out of desperationjué jìng绝境zhī之shí时in times of desperationbèi被bī逼dào到jué jìng绝境driven to the edgewēi jí危急shí kè时刻critical momentwú nài无奈zhī之jǔ举a desperate actbèi pò被迫fǎn jī反击forced to fight backzǒu tóu wú lù走投无路no way outlín shí bào fó jiǎo临时抱佛脚to seek help in a rush (literally: to hold onto a Buddha's feet in a hurry)chǔ yú处于kùn jìng困境to be in a difficult situation