谈虎色变

Traditional (Taiwan): 談虎色變

tánhǔsèbiàn ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

- to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)
  lit.
- to be terrified at the thought (of it)
  fig.

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