窮鼠猫を噛む

きゅうそねこをかむ

expression

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a cornered rat will bite a cat, despair turns cowards courageous(proverb)

窮	hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
鼠	rat, mouse, dark gray
猫	cat
噛	chew, bite, gnaw

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"I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ..." "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?