paper tiger
noun/ˌpeɪpə ˈtaɪɡə(r)/
/ˌpeɪpər ˈtaɪɡər/
- a person, a country or a situation that seems or claims to be powerful or dangerous but is not reallyTopics Difficulty and failurec2
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