虎こ口こう

noun

tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place

Idiomatic expression for an extremely perilous situation or location, often used metaphorically. Common in set phrases like 虎口を逃れる (escape from the jaws of death).

• 彼かれはまさに虎こ口こうから逃のがれたようなものだ。

  He barely escaped from the jaws of death.

• その作さく戦せんは虎こ口こうに飛とび込こむようなものだった。

  The operation was like jumping into a tiger's den.