虎头蛇尾

[hǔ tóu shé wěi]
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虎头蛇尾的英文翻译

基本释义

参考释义

虎头蛇尾 [hǔ tóu shé wěi]
  • - (比喻先紧后松, 有始无终) begin with tigerish energy but peter out towards the end; a brave beginning and weak ending; a flash in the pan; a tiger's head and a snake's tail; come out at the small end of the horn; do things by halves; fine start and poor finish; in like a lion, out like a lamb; start out well but not to continue; The mountain has brought forth a mouse.

虎头蛇尾的用法和样例:

例句

  1. 我要求你为我做这件事,因为我知道你做事不虎头蛇尾。
    I've asked you to do this for me because I know you're not a quitter.
  2. 这故事有些虎头蛇尾。
    The story begins dramatically but the plot peters out before the end.

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