汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 太岁头上动土
tài suì tóu shàng dòng tǔ
太岁头上动土 (太歲頭上動土)
beard the lion in his den / offend or provoke the most powerful
A metaphor for offending a violent person
得罪 冒犯 触犯 冲撞 顶撞 唐突
太 tài 岁 (歲) suì 头 (頭) tóu/tou 上 shàng 动 (動) dòng 土 tǔ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

你竟敢在太岁头上动土。

You dare to beard the lion in his den.

一家欧洲私募公司TerraFirma的老板盖汉斯先生十月19日在纽约法庭上作证时曾把状告花旗集团的一桩案子比作“太岁头上动土。”

DURING his testimony in a New York court on October 19th, Guy Hands, the boss of Terra Firma, a European private-equity firm, compared suing Citigroup to “putting a stick into a dragon”.

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