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If you say that an institution, a country, or a person is a paper tiger, you mean that although they seem powerful they do not really have any power. 纸老虎
There are toys scattered in the waiting room, cartoon pictures of sweet-faced lions and tigers on the walls, and floor-to-ceiling rows of paper charts in the chart room.
The ancient offense, subject of so much consternation, is, on paper, right there with that of any team in the league other than the Tigers and the Angels.