unable to get down but dangerous to go on
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is sh ì ch é ngq í h ǔ, which means riding on a tiger's back, you can't get down if you want to. It's a metaphor for something that is difficult in the middle of the way, but can't stop even if it wants to stop because of the situation. It comes from farewell to Guangling.
The origin of Idioms
Li Bai's poem "farewell to the Guangling Princes" in Tang Dynasty: "riding a tiger does not dare to go down, climbing a dragon suddenly falls into the sky."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; as object, clause; with derogatory meaning
Examples
At the beginning, I didn't take this major into consideration, so it was overwhelming!
"But these three new silk reeling factories, ~"
Analysis of Idioms
[antonym] easy and smooth
A dilemma, a dilemma, a dilemma, a dilemma
Chinese PinYin : shì chéng qí hǔ
unable to get down but dangerous to go on
withered tree suddenly blossoms. kū shù kāi huā
Satirize virtue and recite merits. fěng dé sòng gōng
hastily to declare the matter closed. cǎo shuài shōu bīng
rub smooth one 's whole body from the crown to the heel. mó dǐng fàng zhǒng
A willing man is a willing man. gān mào hǔ kǒu