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とらのいをかるきつね

虎の威を借る狐

表記・読み:トラの威を借るキツネ・とらのいをかるきつね

  1. 1

    small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)idiomatic expression