Idiom
Paper tiger.
A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.
Dictionary
paper tiger
noun
A seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.
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'paper tiger' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe someone or something that appears threatening but is in fact powerless and ineffective. For example, you could say, "The country's new president is a paper tiger, unable to make any real difference."
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ROCK PAPER TIGER, by Lisa Brackmann.
Clearly a paper tiger is not enough.
"The illicit market is a paper tiger," he concluded.
Mr. Feld's "Paper Tiger" ended the evening triumphantly.
"With per-capita G.D.P. still so paltry, the country is a paper tiger.
"But a paper tiger doesn't fall over until you push it".
The factory muscle car still looked the part, but it had become a paper tiger.
Anti-state capitalists argue that Russia is a Potemkin village and China a paper tiger.
"There was a time when China called the United States a paper tiger," he said.
More importantly, it suggests Mr Kim may be more than a paper tiger after all.
However, nobody would apply the term "paper tiger" to the Organisation Department.
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