Paper tiger

"Paper tiger" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The League of Nations was by this time scarcely even a paper tiger, devoid of credibility since its divisions and pusillanimity had been so clearly laid bare following Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia in the autumn of 1935.

Iran is a paper tiger, a postmodern threat: It has many uses but a third Western war against a Muslim country is a bridge too far.

Trump also said Russia’s economy was in big trouble and described its military as a “paper tiger”.

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