虎

Idiomatic expression

to let loose something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the field

tiger-striped pants

well-matched contest; fight between a dragon and a tiger

sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance

Proverb

a parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)

Idiomatic expression

to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace

Proverb

he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name

Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)

Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Amur tiger

gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)

Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Siberian tiger

Proverb

out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den

long-eared owl (Asio otus); northern long-eared owl

Idiomatic expression

attempting to be something you are not; drawing a tiger that ends up looking like a dog

one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back

beach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)

Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

Idiomatic expression

to group together against a stronger enemy

Idiomatic expression

between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; a tiger at the back gate, a wolf at the front gate

Proverb

people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market