English-Danish translations for paper tiger

• papirtiger
  Agenturet bliver ingen papirtiger. The Agency will be no paper tiger.
  Denne strategi må ikke blive en papirtiger. We must not let this strategy become a paper tiger.
  I stedet for et omfattende horisontalt direktiv muligvis en papirtiger? A paper tiger instead of a comprehensive horizontal directive perhaps?

Definition of paper tiger

• A seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective

Related words

• paper hunting
• newspaper stick
• newspaper article
• newspaper cutting
• paper cutting machine
• publication consisting of only one sheet of paper
• tissue paper
• blotting paper
• writing paper