Word Meaning 俎上の魚

そじょうのうお sojou no uo

俎上の魚 is read as そじょうのうお (sojou no uo) and means being in a helpless situation.

Meaning

English

  1. being in a helpless situation
  2. (like a) fish on a chopping board

Reading

Kana

そじょうのうお

Romaji

sojou no uo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb Rank 152049 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

俎上

そじょう

on the chopping board

俎板の上の鯉

まないたのうえのこい

someone doomed to their fate

魚氷に上る

うおひにのぼる

third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)

うお

fish

金魚

きんぎょ

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

川魚

かわうお

river fish

活魚

いけうお

live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

鮮魚

せんぎょ

fresh fish

熱帯魚

ねったいぎょ

tropical fish

稚魚

ちぎょ

fry

淡水魚

たんすいぎょ

freshwater fish

小魚

こざかな

small fish