English-Finnish translations for paper tiger

• paperitiikeri
  Ehkä saadaan aikaan paperitiikeri kattavan horisontaalisen direktiivin sijasta? A paper tiger instead of a comprehensive horizontal directive perhaps?
  Suuntaviivat ovat käytännössä pelkkä paperitiikeri. The guidelines are basically nothing more than a paper tiger.
  Olemme tällä hetkellä monien silmissä paperitiikeri. The plain fact is that we are regarded by many as a paper tiger.

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