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paper tiger Definition


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paper tiger
noun
    1. A person, organization or nation that appears to be powerful and is apparently threatening, but is in fact not.
Etymology: 1950s: translation of a Chinese expression first used by Chairman Mao (1893-1976) about the US.



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