paper tiger

名词 paper tiger:

1. the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual

1. The managing director has the nominal power but he is a paper tiger and it is his assistant who actually runs the company.
   总经理名义上有权，可却是一只纸老虎，实际管理着公司的是他的助手。
2. As he pointed out, all reactionaries are paper tiger.
   正如他所指出的那样，一切反动派都是纸老虎。