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Literally, but unlikely is :

"The monkey would be crazy to grab a tiger by the tail."

But the idiom suggests doing this figuratively, by taking an action that can have unwanted negative repercussions. To have or grab a tiger by the tail is to initiate an uncontrollable situation. With the variant "to have a bear by the tail", this is comparable to "biting off more than you can chew".

"After his first day of trying to run the business, he knew he had a tiger by the tail."

"Without any real experience, selling on E-bay can be like catching a tiger by the tail."

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