When the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
When the powerful fall, everyone turns on them.
Dậu đổ bìm leo.
Khi sa cơ thất thế thì bị kẻ khác chèn ép.
When the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Examples
Once the minister lost his job, his old allies attacked him in the press; when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet.
Ông bộ trưởng vừa mất chức thì các đồng minh cũ đã quay sang công kích ông trên báo chí; dậu đổ bìm leo.
The firm had barely gone bankrupt before its rivals poached its clients — when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet.
Công ty vừa phá sản là các đối thủ đã lôi kéo hết khách hàng của họ — đúng là dậu đổ bìm leo.
Topics
Related idioms
- Every man for himselfeasily confused
- Every man has his priceeasily confused
- Bury the hatcheteasily confused
- Smell a ratsame topic
- Take the bull by the hornssame topic
- Throw caution to the windsame topic