とらのおをふむ – Vocabulary details

とらのおをふむ

Expression

Verb (5-dan, む)

Idiomatic

1. to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail

tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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