狐假虎威
英语翻译
参考释义
- 狐假虎威[hújiǎhǔwēi]
- -（比喻借别人的威势欺压人）thefoxassumingthemajestyofthetiger--borrowingpowertodoevil;(like)adonkey[anass]inalion'shide;afoxmasqueradingasatiger;assumesomeoneelse'sauthorityasone'sown;assumethedignityofanother;assumethedignity[authority]ofsb.elseasone'sown;assumingselfimportancebyone'sconnections;browbeatothersbyvirtueofsb.else'sinfluence[position;authority];clotheone'sfox-likeformwiththeborrowedmajestyofthetiger;relyonone'smaster'smighttobullyother;swaggeraboutinborrowedplumes;takeadvantageoftheinfluenceofothers;Thefoxborrowsthetiger'sfierceness.;thefoxwhoprofitedbythetiger'smight--totakeadvantageofsb.else'spowertothrowone'sweightabout;thelion'sskin
双语例句
But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.
