封ほう豕し長ちょう蛇だ

noun

greedy and cruel person; rapacious brute

A classical Chinese-derived yojijukugo used to describe someone who is both greedy and cruel, like a wild boar or a long snake. Extremely rare in modern Japanese; mostly encountered in literary or historical contexts.

• 「封ほう豕し長ちょう蛇だ」は、貪どん欲よくで残ざん忍にんな人ひとを大おお猪いと長ながい蛇へびにたとえた故こ事じ成せい語ごだ。

  "Hōshi chōda" is a classical idiom that likens a greedy and cruel person to a large wild boar and a long snake.