be in a nice hobble
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NTU ì Li ǎ ngdu ā n, meaning in a dilemma. It comes from Zhang Zhuo.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Zhuo, the Tang Dynasty, wrote: "the first rat is a man who can advance and retreat."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attributive and object to describe a difficult situation.
Chinese PinYin : jìn tuì liǎng duān
be in a nice hobble
have no one to depend on to fall back on. wú yī wú kào
run away when going into battle. lín zhèn tuō táo
It's hard to make a big difference. yí jiān tóu dà