与“虎”有关的谚语

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虎年即将到来，今天与大家一起来学习一下与“虎”有关的谚语和短语。

work like a tiger

生龙活虎地工作

three cheers and a tiger

三声欢呼一声吼

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

不入虎穴, 焉得虎子?

buck the tiger

tiger sweat 威士忌酒

have a tiger by the tail/ He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 骑虎难下

paper tiger 纸老虎

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 虎踞龙盘

a narrow escape 虎口余生

a nation of invaders 虎狼之国

to be passionate about something at the beginning but soon lose their interest 虎头蛇尾

Sitting on a hill watching tigers fight 坐山观虎斗 (It means someone takes a side in a fight until one party overwhelms their enemy. )

A goat in tiger's skin 羊质虎皮 (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. 初生牛犊不怕虎。

drive a tiger out from the front door while a wolf comes in the back 前门拒虎，后门进狼。

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

to lure the tiger form the mountain 调虎离山

相关阅读：

Year of the Tiger 虎年小测验

与动物有关谚语的翻译

（中国日报网英语点津 编辑：蔡姗姗）

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