与虎谋皮

[yǔ hǔ móu pí]
  • 释义

  • ask a tiger for its skin [hide];a doomed petition;do an impossibility;request sb. to act against his own interests ;

  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    To ask him for help was like asking a tiger for its skin.

    向他求助无异于与虎谋皮.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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