lǎo​hǔ​zuǐ​lǐ​bá​yá

to pull a tooth from a tiger's mouth

Senses

老虎嘴里拔牙/ 老虎嘴裡拔牙 lǎo​hǔ​zuǐ​lǐ​bá​yá to pull a tooth from a tiger's mouth

To take a huge risk or provoke a dangerous person, often resulting in self-destruction; used as a xiehouyu to imply 自找死路 zì​zhǎo​sǐ​lù.

References

see 老虎嘴里拔牙/老虎嘴裡拔牙 自找死路/自找死路