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English translation for "虎头蛇尾"

[ hǔtóushéwěi ] 
(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

Related Translations:
虎头蛇尾的:  anticlimactic
有虎头蛇尾之感:  anti climactic
渐降法虎头蛇尾:  anti climax |
虎头蛇尾般结束或失败:  fizzle out end or fail in a weak or disappointing way
他这个人朝三暮四做起事来总是虎头蛇尾:  he never finishes what he starts
Example Sentences:
1.He is of a variable mood ; he never finishes what he starts .
他这个人朝三暮四,做起事来总是虎头蛇尾
2.Perhaps the end with its characteristic squeezing of a transitive verb into an intransitive roleis too abrupt and anticlimactic .
说不定在结尾里她惯于把一个及物动词压成一个不及物动词显得过于突然,有虎头蛇尾之感。
3.Seems a bit anticlimactic , doesn t it
似乎有点虎头蛇尾,不是吗?
4.I ' ve asked you to do this for me because i know you ' re not a quitter
我要求你为我做这件事,因为我知道你做事不虎头蛇尾
5.I ' ve asked you to do this for me because i know you ' re not a quitter
我要求你为我做这件事,因为我知道你做事不虎头蛇尾
6.Anti - climax anticlimax
渐降法,虎头蛇尾
7.Somehow you give people the impression that whatever you do is half - baked
你似乎给人一个印象,不管你做什麽,你总是虎头蛇尾,没做完。 ”
8.He suspended sales in 2000 after police warnings ? and selling an anticlimactic 900 copies
2000年,在收到警方的警告后,他中止了销售,这次虎头蛇尾,只卖出了900份。
9.They ' re on the fast track towards contention and looking like they actually absorb lessons rather than let them go in and fade out like years before
他们正不断地进步,并懂得吸取经验而不像前些赛季那样虎头蛇尾
10.With the rumors swirling , chicago played a flat first half and was just as bad at the end in losing the season opener 112 - 103 at new jersey on wednesday
当谣言还在继续,在星期三与网队的比赛中,公牛队虎头蛇尾,以112 - 103输了比赛。
Similar Words:
"虎头蕉" English translation, "虎头兰" English translation, "虎头拍蝇" English translation, "虎头牌" English translation, "虎头钳" English translation, "虎头蛇尾, 半途而废" English translation, "虎头蛇尾般结束或失败" English translation, "虎头蛇尾的" English translation, "虎头崖" English translation, "虎头抓苍蝇" English translation