张牙舞爪

zhāngyáwǔzhǎo

bare fangs and brandish claws—make threatening gestures; engage in sabre rattling

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make threatening gestures; sabre rattling

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sabre rattling

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zhang1 ya2 wu3 zhao3

to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures

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张牙舞爪

zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo

（形容猛兽或恶人的凶相） bare fangs and brandish claws -- make threatening gestures; bare one's fangs and open one's claws; bare one's teeth and show one's claws; be fierce-looking; be ferocious-looking; bully with false power and influence; display one's teeth and brandish one's paws; engage in sabre-rattling; ferociously to bare its fangs; flare up in a fighting mood; indulge in sabre-rattling; open its fangs and spread its claws; prowl fiercely (arrogantly); put on a fierce look; put out a claw; show one's fangs and claws; show one's teeth; snapping and clawing; snarl and bare one's claws; throw one's weight around with overweening arrogance; with teeth bared and claws outspread; ramp:

一只恶狗张牙舞爪猛地朝他扑来， 撕破了他的上衣。 A wild cur flung itself at him with bared fangs and slashed a rent in his overcoat.

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張牙舞爪|张牙舞爪 [zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo] ► to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures