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An idiom beginning with the word tiger.

The idioms at the beginning of the word tiger are eyeing, anticlimactic, pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth, howling and singing, like a tiger father without a son, and so on.

1, eyeing up

During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it meant "eyeing up". Describe an evil intention and wait for an opportunity to grab it.

Several superpowers are staring at the Suez Canal.

2, anticlimactic

From Yuan Kang Jinzhi's "Li Kui jy Negative Jing", "This fellow dares to insult others too much, and he is anticlimactic", which means that this person is cruel and ruthless, and he does things from beginning to end. Metaphor works from beginning to end. It was very powerful at first, but then it was just so-so, and the momentum became smaller and smaller.

Example: This is a very important job, so we should attach great importance to it and finish it well from the beginning. Never follow others' advice.

3. Roaring tigers and singing dragons

From Heng's "Returning to Tianfu", "Mistress Fang Ze, Mountain", which means that the sound is like a dragon singing nearby and a tiger roaring on the mountain, describing the singing as magnificent and loud.

For example, the roar of tigers, the chirping of cranes and warblers can strengthen China's prestige.

4, tiger's mouth tooth extraction

From Yu's "Give Mr. Yan the Cinnabar", it means to knock out one's teeth and put them in one's mouth to catch pearls under one's chin, which is a metaphor for doing something very dangerous.

Example: Yang Zirong disguised himself as a bandit and went into Weihushan for reconnaissance, just like pulling a tooth out of his teeth.

5. like a tiger, like a son.

From Chapter 83 of Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, "Zhan Xiaoting is the enemy of the ancient leader, guarding the scholar at the estuary and worshiping the general". It means that tigers don't have dogs, and good fathers don't have ordinary children. Used to praise other people's children.

Example: This boy is bold, like father, like son.