のをる【とらのいをかるきつね】

    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  1. person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tigeridiomatic expression
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  • のをる【とらのいをかるきつね】
  • とらのいをかるきつね
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  1. person who swaggers about under borrowed authority
    2. This phrase is used to describe someone who acts arrogantly or confidently while relying on the power or influence of someone or something else, rather than their own abilities.
    He is acting confidently towards his subordinates like a fox borrowing the authority of his boss.
    The company is acting like a fox borrowing the authority of a famous partner, hiding in their shadow.
  2. small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority
    3. This meaning emphasizes the idea of someone who may be insignificant on their own but uses the status of another to project confidence and authority.
    She has become a fox borrowing the authority of her friends.
    That man relies on the power of others to hide his own lack of ability.
Generated collocations (experimental)
a small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authorityto borrow the authority of a tigerto borrow authorityto utilize the strength of the tigera fox borrowing the authority of a tigerto hide behind the shadow of a bigger entityto appear greater by borrowing authoritynot one's own strengthto utilize someone else's authorityimbalance of power relations
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