"窮鼠猫を嚙む" meaning in 日本語

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Proverb

  1. 弱者であっても、追い詰められれば反撃してくるというたとえ。
    Sense id: ja-窮鼠猫を嚙む-ja-proverb-HxPaNt2~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 ことわざ
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    "(白文)死不再生、窮鼠齧狸、匹夫奔万乗、舎人折弓、陳勝呉広是也",
    "(訓読文)死して再び生きざれば、窮鼠狸を齧み、匹夫万乗を奔り、舎人弓を折る、陳勝呉広は是なり。",
    "(現代文)死んでしまうというのであれば、追い詰められた鼠は狸(山猫の意とも)に嚙み付くし、庶民は天子から逃げ、家来は弓を折って、(王のための)戦いをやめるでしょう、陳勝呉広はまさにこの例です。"
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        "弱者であっても、追い詰められれば反撃してくるというたとえ。"
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    "(白文)死不再生、窮鼠齧狸、匹夫奔万乗、舎人折弓、陳勝呉広是也",
    "(訓読文)死して再び生きざれば、窮鼠狸を齧み、匹夫万乗を奔り、舎人弓を折る、陳勝呉広は是なり。",
    "(現代文)死んでしまうというのであれば、追い詰められた鼠は狸(山猫の意とも)に嚙み付くし、庶民は天子から逃げ、家来は弓を折って、(王のための)戦いをやめるでしょう、陳勝呉広はまさにこの例です。"
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