与“虎”有关的英语

虎年已经到来，今天与大家一起来学习一下与“虎”有关的英语谚语和短语。

work like a tiger 生龙活虎地工作

three cheers and a tiger 三声欢呼一声吼

How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?

不入虎穴, 焉得虎子?

buck the tiger 玩纸牌(特指与赌棍玩牌)

tiger sweat 威士忌酒

have a tiger by the tail/ He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

骑虎难下

paper tiger 纸老虎

to brag and bully by assuming other people's authority 狐假虎威

a strategic fortress as if guarded by a tiger and a dragon 虎踞龙盘

a narrow escape 虎口余生

a nation of invaders 虎狼之国

drive a tiger out from the front door while a wolf comes in the back 前门拒虎，后门进狼。

like a tiger with wings 如虎添翼

(It means someone's might is doubled.)

to lure the tiger from the mountain 调虎离山

to be passionate about something at the beginning but soon lose their interest 虎头蛇尾

Sitting on a hill watching tigers fight 坐山观虎斗

(It means someone takes a side in a fight until one party overwhelms their enemy. )

A goat in tiger's skin 羊质虎皮

(It means someone who appears strong on the outside but is timid on the inside.)

Three people make a tiger. 三人成虎

(The idiom suggests that gossip can be as ferocious as a tiger.)

A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger. 初生牛犊不怕虎。(Iciba)