paper tiger

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“If you don’t get the change of behavior you’re looking for and you don’t then take an action, you look like a paper tiger,” he said.

From Washington Post

After these high-profile losses, it’s worth asking: Is the Democratic left a paper tiger?

From Washington Post

“Some young people don’t get it. They think the Communist Party is a paper tiger,” he said.

From New York Times

“After all our efforts, hope and aspirations, Alaska will look like the proverbial paper tiger,” he wrote.

From New York Times

F.F.P. has always looked like a paper tiger to the big clubs; for smaller teams, it has had teeth.

From New York Times