work like a tiger

生龍活虎地工作

three cheers and a tiger

三聲歡呼一聲吼

How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger’s lair?

不入虎穴， 焉得虎子?

buck the tiger 玩紙牌(特指與賭棍玩牌)

tiger sweat 威士忌酒

have a tiger by the tail/ He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 騎虎難下

paper tiger 紙老虎

to brag and bully by assuming other people’s authority 狐假虎威

a strategic fortress as if guarded by a tiger and a dragon 虎踞龍盤

a narrow escape 虎口余生

a nation of invaders 虎狼之國

to be passionate about something at the beginning but soon lose their interest 虎頭蛇尾

Sitting on a hill watching tigersfight 坐山觀虎斗 (It means someone takes a side in a fight until one partyoverwhelms their enemy. )

A goat in tiger’s skin 羊質虎皮 (It means someone who appears strong on the outside but is timid on the inside。)

Three people make a tiger. 三人成虎(The idiom suggests that gossip can be as ferocious as a tiger。)

A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger. 初生牛犢不怕虎。

drive a tiger out from the front door while a wolf comes in the back 前門拒虎，后門進狼。

like a tiger with wings 如虎添翼(It means someone’s might is doubled。)

to lure the tiger form the mountain 調虎離山