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tenir le loup par les oreilles

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(figuratively) to have the wolf by the ear (to be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain)

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tenir le loup par les oreilles

verb

(figuratively) to have the wolf by the ear (to be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain)

Il se retrouve à tenir le loup par les oreilles dans cette situation difficile.

He finds himself holding the wolf by the ears in this difficult situation.