水火之中shuǐ huǒ zhī zhōngin fire and water;in misery and distress
❍ 今燕虐其民，王往而征之，民以为将拯己于～也。(《孟子·梁惠王下》) Now the ruler of Yan was tyrannizing over his people,and Your Majesty went and punished him. The people supposed that you were going to deliver them out of the water and the fire. |