狡こう兎と良りょう狗く

expression

when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

A yojijukugo originating from the longer phrase 狡兎死して良狗烹らる, meaning that once a cunning rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is no longer needed and may be cooked. Used metaphorically to describe how those who have served their purpose are discarded or eliminated.

See also: 狡兎死して走狗烹らる

• 狡こう兎と良りょう狗くという言こと葉ばは、狡こう兎と死しして良りょう狗く烹にらるから来きている。

  The phrase 狡兎良狗 comes from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる.