like fish swimming in the cooking pot—in imminent peril;on the verge of death (/destruction)
❍ 他们绝对跑不了啦，你难道还看不出他们已是～了吗？ They will never be able to escape. Don’t you see they are in imminent peril like fish sw imming in a cooking pot?
鱼游釜中yu you fu zhong
like fish swimming in a cooking pot—in imminent peril
鱼游釜中yú yóu fǔ zhōnɡ
鱼在锅里游来游去。比喻身临绝境，面临灭顶之灾。in imminent peril, like fish swimming in a cooking pot