güçsüz olmasına rağmen güçlü görünen kişi, şey

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Definition of güçsüz olmasına rağmen güçlü görünen kişi, şey in Turkish English dictionary

paper tiger

A seemingly fierce person or thing without the ability to back up their words

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.

If you say that an institution, a country, or a person is a paper tiger, you mean that although they seem powerful they do not really have any power. One that is seemingly dangerous and powerful but is in fact timid and weak: "They are paper tigers, weak and indecisive" (Frederick Forsyth). an enemy or opponent who seems powerful but actually is not

threatening person or thing that in the end turns out to be weak and ineffective

the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual; "he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth

Hyphenation

güç·süz ol·ma·sı·na rağ·men güç·lü gö·rü·nen ki·şi, şey