paper tiger

But they soon find that the system can seem more like a paper tiger.

The first year in this job, you're a paper tiger.

We must not let this strategy become a paper tiger.

"How can we talk about a force if it only exists as a paper tiger?"

"To me, that doesn't sound like we were looking for a paper tiger," he said.

Without such a procedure, the whole article remains a paper tiger.

But actions in other states have proved to be paper tigers.

The guidelines are basically nothing more than a paper tiger.

Ever a paper tiger, Martin is not much of a physical fighter despite trying to come off as such.

Chemicals legislation has to be effective, and not just a paper tiger.