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実用日本語表現辞典
虎の威を借る狐
読み方:とらのいをかるきつね
別表記:虎の威を借るきつね
権力者の力を頼みにして威張る小者を意味する故事成語。「威」とは威厳、「借る」とは「利用する」という意味。

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とらのいをかるきつね【虎の威を借るきつね】
a person 「who swaggers about [who assumes an air of importance] making use of his boss's influence
とら【虎】

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虎の威を借る狐
読み方:とらのいをかるきつね
(表現)(慣用句)
[対訳] person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

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