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with a tiger’s head and a snake’s tail- fine start and poor finish
lit. Tigerkopf, Schlangenschwanz (Idiom); Abb. ein starker Anfang, aber schwaches Ende
testa di tigre accesa, coda di serpente (idioma); fig. un inizio forte ma un finale debole
tête de tigre, queue de serpent (idiome) ; fig. un début fort mais une fin faible
Cabeza de tigre encendida, cola de serpiente (idioma); un comienzo fuerte pero un final débil.
265 Diligent, lazy 勤, 懒 (qín, lǎn) with a tiger’s head and a snake’s tail- fine start and poor finish 20 虎头蛇尾 [-頭--] hǔtóu shéwěi (tiger-head-snake-tail) with a tiger’s head and a snake’s tail- fine start and poor finish: 这个故事~ The story begins dramatically, but the plot peters out before the end. || 她做事总是~. She always starts off with a bang but ends with a whimper. '