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paper tiger

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'phantom menace?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for paper tiger that I've seen before include "supposed threat" , "Threatening person that is really ineffectual" , "One not as fierce as seems" , "One misleadingly appearing threatening" , "empty threat" .)

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