tiger by the tail
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“When I graduated from school, I felt like I had the tiger by the tail; I could do almost anything,” Braugher told Variety in 2020.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
“I told Kevin, ‘You know you got a tiger by the tail here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
"They just grabbed a tiger by the tail, and they don't know what to do with it."
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2014
Developing a devoted fan base may seem like the endgame for any producer of pop culture, but one false move can make it seem like having a tiger by the tail.
From Time ● Feb. 24, 2012
Jillson said he’d tried to fight, but if Milligan had really resisted, wouldn’t his captors look as if they’d caught a tiger by the tail?
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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