noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
paper tiger
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
paper
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But it remains difficult to see how the paper tiger can avoid being shredded over the next two or three years.
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A paper dragon and a paper tiger dangled from the ceiling; on the walls were scrolls with oriental writing on them.
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Is it only a paper tiger , or does it really have teeth?
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That was only the first occasion that Chairman Khrushchev reminded Chairman Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tiger had been ravaging the countryside and killing the villagers' livestock.
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Did you hear about the night hunter who shot tigers by aiming right between their luminous eyes?
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Except at mating time, tigers are solitary animals.
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He tried to avoid it, but after the first blow struck, he went after them like a tiger .
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He was like a wounded tiger .
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Not only have tigers doubled in numbers, but other species and habitats have benefited.
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This is a typically preposterous concoction, with tiger stripes on the long seat, horse heads for arms.
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Throughout the Far East, the tiger has always been regarded as an animal of magical properties.