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pa·per ti·ger
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paper tigernoun
the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual
"he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth"
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It's getting clearer that Abenomics is a paper tiger, the impact of monetary easing is similar to currency intervention. The first time they do it, there's a huge impact. But as they repeat it, the impact will wane.
A new law can't become a paper tiger, we want to let it become a weapon with steel teeth.
It's a glimmer, and for now we're consolidating above $40 per barrel. But OPEC showed last week it's a paper tiger in that it won't do anything to prevent supply growth.
The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to hear reaffirmed: I am still the White Man, lord of the land, licensed to kill, and the world is still an empire at my feet.
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