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虎の威を借る狐
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 虎の威を借る狐.
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Idiomatic expression
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
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