PAPER TIGER


Meaning of PAPER TIGER in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But it remains difficult to see how the paper tiger can avoid being shredded over the next two or three years.

Is it only a paper tiger , or does it really have teeth?

That was only the first occasion that Chairman Khrushchev reminded Chairman Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth.

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