Answer: papertiger
AnswerCrossword Clue
PAPERTIGEROne who looks powerful but isn't
PAPERTIGERChina's epithet for U. S. might.
PAPERTIGERFerocious fake.
PAPERTIGERPowerful-looking weakling
PAPERTIGERFormidable weakling
PAPERTIGERFearsome weakling
PAPERTIGERHe's outwardly tough, inwardly weak
PAPERTIGERPhony strong man
PAPERTIGEROne outwardly powerful, inwardly weak
PAPERTIGEROne whose strength is illusory.
PAPERTIGERIt's not as threatening as it looks
PAPERTIGEROne feigning courage
PAPERTIGERIts roar is worse than its bite
PAPERTIGERToothless enemy
PAPERTIGERSomething that shouldn't scare you
PAPERTIGERIts bark is worse than its bite?
PAPERTIGERCowardly Lion, for one
PAPERTIGERIt has little bite
PAPERTIGERNo big threat in Detroit?
PAPERTIGER1975 David Niven film
PAPERTIGERBlowhard (1st)
PAPERTIGERAll-bark, no-bite type
PAPERTIGERBully with a glass jaw, for example
PAPERTIGERPhantom menace
PAPERTIGERBluff-and-bluster type
PAPERTIGEROne pretending to be powerful
PAPERTIGERToothless threat
PAPERTIGEREmpty threat
PAPERTIGERNothing to be afraid of, really
PAPERTIGERPseudo-powerful one
PAPERTIGERNo real threat
PAPERTIGERSeemingly strong opponent
PAPERTIGERPerson feigning power
PAPERTIGEROutwardly powerful but inwardly weak person
PAPERTIGERPerson who appears powerful but isn't
PAPERTIGEREmpty threat, in oriental parlance.