(idiom) to save the people from dire straits; literally meaning to rescue people from hanging upside down. This phrase originates from [[孟子|孟子|meng4 zi3]], where it describes the relief of people when a ruler governs with kindness.

an extremely critical or dangerous situation; literally refers to the crisis of being hung upside down by the feet

Literally "the crisis of being hung upside down"; used as an idiom to describe being in extremely dire straits, an urgent danger, or at the brink of destruction.

an extremely critical or dangerous situation; literally the pain of being hung upside down