At 1:09 into Darkest Hour Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) says (yells):
You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth
Is this an actual quote (I cannot find it), or just the creativity of the script writer?
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Sign up to join this communityAt 1:09 into Darkest Hour Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) says (yells):
You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth
Is this an actual quote (I cannot find it), or just the creativity of the script writer?
This is an invention of the movie. The quote is a type of "ancient Chinese proverb", a saying that has been around so much time that many people have said it at least once.
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