毒どく牙がにかかる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

fall victim to; get into the clutches of

Idiomatic expression meaning to be ensnared or victimized by someone or something dangerous, often with a nuance of being trapped by a scheme or a harmful person. The image is of being caught by poisonous fangs.

See also: 毒牙 (どくが)

• 詐さ欺ぎ師しの毒どく牙がにかかって、貯ちょ金きんを全ぜん部ぶ取とられた。

  He fell victim to a con artist and lost all his savings.

• 彼かの女じょは悪あく質しつな商しょう法ほうの毒どく牙がにかかった。

  She got caught in the clutches of a shady business scheme.