1. A person who appears knowledgeable on a certain topic, or even has a degree in a certain topic, but actually shows no ability and lacks some of the basic knowledge in said topic.
2. An idea that is still on paper and is having a hard time being made into reality
or
an idea that sounds amazing on paper but is completely extreme, unrealistic and/or will definitely not work in practice, and also likely hasn't come to fruition.
2. An idea that is still on paper and is having a hard time being made into reality
or
an idea that sounds amazing on paper but is completely extreme, unrealistic and/or will definitely not work in practice, and also likely hasn't come to fruition.
Worker A: What happened to that guy that was hired last week?
Worker B: He was fired a few days ago. Despite his master's degree, he was completely incompetent in his field. Turns out he was a paper tiger who just plagiarized other people for his degree.
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Person A: How's that project coming along?
Person B: It's a bit of a struggle, all I got right now is a paper tiger. I think I've almost figured out what went wrong, though.
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The Fontus self-filling water bottle is a a paper tiger that claims that it will fill itself in an hour, but can't possibly do so because of basic thermodynamics.
Worker B: He was fired a few days ago. Despite his master's degree, he was completely incompetent in his field. Turns out he was a paper tiger who just plagiarized other people for his degree.
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Person A: How's that project coming along?
Person B: It's a bit of a struggle, all I got right now is a paper tiger. I think I've almost figured out what went wrong, though.
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The Fontus self-filling water bottle is a a paper tiger that claims that it will fill itself in an hour, but can't possibly do so because of basic thermodynamics.
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When you're at a party with kids or teenagers, and someone gets the bright idea to wrap someone up completely in toilet paper. The victim, willingly or unwillingly, stands with their arms at their sides amd legs together as they are wrapped from head to toe, resembling a mummy. This also can occur at children's party games and can happen with plastic wrap or duct tape in place of toilet tissue.
"Hey, I've got an idea—let's make you into a toilet paper mummy!"
"A what now?"
"We'll wrap you up in toilet paper! It'll be fun!"
"A what now?"
"We'll wrap you up in toilet paper! It'll be fun!"
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This guy seemed so good on paper - cool job, nice car, huge house but it turns out that he's some kind of bdsm, cross dressing freak!
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Awe man all we have is Nigger Papers, I Hate those Nigger Papers they fall apart when u put oil on them. THESE FUCKIN NIGGA PAPES SUCK
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