俎そ上じょうの鯉こい

expression, noun

someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board

Idiomatic expression describing a person who is helpless and at the mercy of others, like a fish on a cutting board. Rare and literary; the more common equivalent is まな板の鯉.

See also: まな板の鯉

• 彼かれはもはや俎そ上じょうの鯉こいであり、運うん命めいを受うけ入いれるしかなかった。

  He was already like a fish on the chopping board, with no choice but to accept his fate.