Imperialism is a paper tiger.

帝国主义都是纸老虎。

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A paper tiger looks terrible, but in fact it is not.

纸老虎看起来可怕，其实不然。

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Your husband ACTS tough, but he 's really a paper tiger.

你丈夫看似强硬，实际上只是一个纸老虎。

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Resolution authority, all three panelists agreed, is a paper tiger that will fall apart the minute it is tested in a real-life financial crisis.

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It seems possible to me that the Persians were a paper tiger, capable of putting huge numbers together but relatively ineffective, even incompetent, in using them.

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