势成骑虎骑虎难下shì chéng qí hǔlike riding on a tiger—afraid to go on and unable to get down; in a situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; in an awkward position from which there is no retreat
❍ 时局急转直下，～，阴谋家们都一筹莫展。The situation took a sudden change. The conspirators had no way to back up and were all at their wits’end. |