paper tiger
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˌpeɪ.pə ˈtaɪ.ɡər/us/ˌpeɪ.pɚ ˈtaɪ.ɡɚ/something, such as anenemyorforeigncountry, thatseemsverystronganddangerousbut is reallyweakand notharmful:
纸老虎（指外强中干的敌人或国家）TheSovietUnionwassuddenlyrevealedas apapertiger.苏联突然被揭出了纸老虎的原形。
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessly
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- suggestible
- watery
- wetness
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss