狐假虎威
英語翻譯
參考釋義
- 狐假虎威[hújiǎhǔwēi]
- -（比喻借別人的威勢欺壓人）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
雙語例句
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.
