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▶ person who swaggers about under borrowed authority ▶ small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority ▶ [lit] a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger |
2. | A 2010-09-22 01:37:44 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | koj, daij, prog |
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Comments: | clearly from the headword the 'borrowing' is important |
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Diff: | @@ -12,1 +12,4 @@ -<gloss>vile person who abuses his authority</gloss> +<misc>&id;</misc> +<gloss>person who swaggers about under borrowed authority</gloss> +<gloss>small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2010-09-21 19:50:08 Scott | |
Refs: | daij koj |
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Comments: | WI a small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority |