出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第181页（228字）
比喻自己处于任人宰割的处境，例一百多年来我国迭受帝国主义者的凌辱，这种人为刀俎，我为鱼肉的日子已一去不复返了。
Our country was at the mercy of the imperialists for over a hundred years．Now，that is all of the past and never to return．