画虎不成反成犬
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to copy something ambitious badly and end up embarrassed
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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known
- Literally
- trying to draw a tiger and ending up with a dog
- Meaning
- A variant of 画虎不成反类犬: copying something ambitious badly and ending up as an embarrassment.
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