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とらのおをふ
む
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk;
(lit.)
to step on a tiger's tail
Alt. forms
虎
とら
の
尾
お
を
踏
ふ
む
トラの
尾
お
を
踏
ふ
む
とらの
尾
お
を
踏
ふ
む
とらのおをふ
む
Conjugations...
Composed of
とらのお
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
ふ
む
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)