tiger 成语

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Paper tiger

A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.

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tiger

tiger
have a tiger by the tail
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to find oneself in a situation from which it may be more dangerous or difficult to escape than to stay

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tiger by the tail

tiger by the tail
Something too difficult to manage or cope with, as in You know nothing about the commodities market; you'll end up catching a tiger by the tail. This colorful metaphor conjures up the image of grabbing a powerful but fierce animal by the tail, only to have it turn on one. [Second half of 1900s]