Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Tiger
Draw a tiger incompletely and he’s like a dog.Chinese.
Fiercer than a cubless tiger.
He is a paper tiger. (Applied to a blustering coward.)Chinese.
The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
He calls the tiger to chase away the dog.Chinese.