Definition of 騎虎の勢い (きこのいきおい)

きこいきお

騎虎の勢い

きこのいきおい

kikonoikioi

View details for kanji: 騎View details for kanji: 虎View details for kanji: 勢
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having no choice but to carry on, having no choice but to go on, being unable to change one's course of action, (with the) momentum of (a man) riding a tiger(idiom )(from the Book of Sui)
Related Kanji
騎 equestrian, riding on horses, counter for equestrians
虎 tiger, drunkard
勢 forces, energy, military strength