窮きゅう鼠そ

noun

cornered rat

Almost exclusively used in the proverb 窮鼠猫を噛む (a cornered rat will bite a cat), meaning that even a weak person will fight back when desperate. Rarely used outside this phrase.

See also: 窮鼠猫を噛む

• 「窮きゅう鼠そ猫ねこを噛かむ」ということわざを知しっていますか。

  Do you know the proverb 'a cornered rat will bite a cat'?

• 彼かれは窮きゅう鼠そのように必ひっ死しに反はん撃げきした。

  He fought back desperately like a cornered rat.