拉大旗作虎皮
lā​dà​qí​zuò​hǔ​pí

to borrow someone's prestige

  • created sense approved 拉大旗作虎皮 · lā​dà​qí​zuò​hǔ​pí · to borrow someone's prestige — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拉大旗作虎皮

    lā​dà​qí​zuò​hǔ​pí

    to borrow someone's prestige

    Literally "to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin"; to exploit the name of a powerful person or a great cause to intimidate or deceive others; to ride on someone's coattails.

    拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to pull 大旗 (literal) → 大旗 · dà​qí · banner 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to regard as 虎皮 (literal) → 虎皮 · hǔ​pí · tiger skin

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