What are they, if not tigers?

若他们不做老虎又能是谁呢？

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Teachers are not tigers, but they are our best friends in school.

老师不是老虎，而是我们在学校最好的朋友。

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"We want to see poachers behind bars, not tigers," says World Bank President Robert Zoellick.

“我们希望看到偷猎者站在铁窗后面，而不是老虎，”世界银行行长罗伯特佐·利克说。

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Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona says that the Tamil Tigers are deliberately not allowing civilians to leave the war zone and are using them as a buffer against attacks by the military.

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Not so much tigers as cats, however you want to look at it.

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And although the result was not as the Tigers would have hoped, Deacon was thrilled to be back in action.

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Police shot some of the tigers as they stood rather pathetically (the tigers, not the police) outside their cages.

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