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jmdict 2582980 Active (id: 1044632)
虎の威を借る狐
とらのいをかるきつね
1. [exp] [id]
▶ person who swaggers about under borrowed authority
▶ small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority
▶ [lit] a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger



History:
2. A 2010-09-22 01:37:44  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij, prog
  Comments:
clearly from the headword the 'borrowing' is important
  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>
1. A* 2010-09-21 19:50:08  Scott
  Refs:
daij koj
  Comments:
WI
  a small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority

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