首页汉英词典狐假虎威狐假虎威的意思

狐假虎威

英语翻译


  • bully others by flaunting one's powerful connections
  • 参考释义


    狐假虎威[hújiǎhǔwēi]
    • -(比喻借别人的威势欺压人)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

    双语例句


  • 但我们始终希望看到他们坚强地维护自己的自由--而且要记住,在历史上,凡愚蠢地狐假虎威者,终必葬身虎口。
    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.