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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]
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- （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.
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虎头蛇尾的用法和样例：
例句
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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. -
这故事有些虎头蛇尾。
The story begins dramatically but the plot peters out before the end.
