To have a bear by the tail....

This is a colorful expression that arose in America during the first half of the 19th century....To have a bear by the tail is obviously to be in a very bad situation....kinda like the other night when one of my characters woke me about 2:00 a.m. and asked me to get him a beer......chapter 3 resource notes tommorrow.

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Charley Taylor