《Basking in Reflected Glory》，中文名《狐假虎威》，是一則寓言故事。
基本介紹
- 中文名：狐假虎威
- 外文名：Basking in Reflected Glory
- 性質：寓言
- 語種：英語
A tiger caught a fox in a forest, and was just about to eat it, when thefoxsaid,'you mustn't eat me, I was sent by Heaven to rule the animals. By eating me, you will vio-late the command of Heaven. If you don't believe me, Just follow me to see whether the aniways are of me,'The tiger agreed, and followed the fox as it walked around the forest.The animays all ran away on seeing them. The tiger thought they were of the fox, so he let it go. He didn't realise that it was him thaat the beasts were really of.
This idiom means relying on another's power to bolly or frighten others.
