paper tiger

n. 纸老虎

例句与用法：

The managing director has the nominal power but he is a paper tiger and it is his assistant who actually runs the company.

总经理名义上有权，可却是一只纸老虎，实际管理着公司的是他的助手。

As he pointed out, all reactionaries are paper tiger.

正如他所指出的那样，一切反动派都是纸老虎。

详细释义：

ph.

纸老虎; 外强中干者