狐假虎威为一中国成语，通常是指凭上位者的威势欺压人。狐假虎威也是一则家喻户晓的寓言故事，说的是狐狸凭自己的智谋逃出了虎口。后来都用来比喻依仗别人的势力欺压人。
Fox fake tiger prestige is a Chinese idiom, usually refers to bullying people with the power of the superior. Fox fake tiger prestige is also a well-known fable, it is said that the fox escaped from the tiger’s mouth by his own wisdom. Later, it was used as a metaphor for relying on the power of others to oppress people.
狡猾的狐狸凭借老虎的威风，在森林中吓唬别人。但是，狡诈的手法决不能使狐狸改变虚弱的本质。把戏一旦被戳穿，它非但会受到群兽的围攻，还将被受骗的老虎吞吃。引申说明仗势欺人的坏蛋，虽然能够嚣张一时，但最终决不会有好的下场。现人们用它来比喻依仗别人的势力欺压人。也讽刺了那些仗着别人威势，招摇撞骗的人。借着别人的势力，或职务上的权力作威作福的人就是狐假虎威。
故事原文：
在茂密的森林里，老虎是最凶猛的野兽，号称森林之王。它每天都要捕食其它动物，动物们都非常怕它。
一天，它碰到了一只狐狸，狐狸刚要溜走，已被它一把捉住。狡猾的狐狸看见自己无法逃脱，就耍了一个花招。它一本正经地大声对老虎说：“你怎么敢吃我？我是天帝任命来管理所有的野兽的，你要吃了我，就是违抗天帝的命令。”
老虎一听愣住了。狐狸马上接着说：“你要是不信，就跟在我后面走一趟，看看是不是所有的野兽见了我都赶快逃命。”老虎听狐狸说话的口气很大，态度也很强硬，有几分相信了，决定跟着狐狸去看看。
森林里大大小小的野兽们，看见狐狸大摇大摆，耀武扬威地走过来，后面跟着一只张牙舞爪的大老虎，都吓得要命，四处奔逃。
老虎看着动物们都逃跑了，不知道野兽们怕得是自己，以为真是被狐狸的威风吓跑的，彻底相信了狐狸的话。它怕狐狸怪罪自己，做出什么对自己不利的举动，于是也慌忙逃走了。
The cunning fox relies on the power of the tiger to frighten others in the forest. However, cunning methods can never make the fox change the nature of weakness. Once the trick is exposed, it will not only be besieged by the group of beasts, it will also be eaten by the deceived tiger. The extension shows that the bad guys who bully others can be arrogant for a while, but they will never end well in the end. People now use it as a metaphor for oppressing people by relying on the power of others. It also ridiculed those who relied on the power of others to bluff and deceive. Those who use other people’s power or the power of their position to dominate the blessing are the fox and the tiger.
Original story:
In the dense forest, the tiger is the most ferocious beast, known as the king of the forest. It preys on other animals every day, and the animals are very afraid of it.
One day, it ran into a fox. The fox was about to slip away and was caught by it. The cunning fox saw that he could not escape, so he played a trick. It solemnly said loudly to the tiger: “How dare you eat me? I was appointed by the emperor to manage all the beasts. If you want to eat me, you are defying the order of the emperor.”
The tiger was stunned. The fox immediately said: “If you don’t believe me, just follow me and see if all the beasts will run away when they see me.” The tiger listened to the fox with a strong tone, and his attitude was very tough. How many I believed it and decided to follow the fox to have a look.
The big and small beasts in the forest saw the fox swaying and coming forward with great power, followed by a big tiger with its teeth and claws, all frightened to their deaths and fleeing everywhere.
The tiger watched the animals run away. He didn’t know that the beasts were so scared that he thought they were really scared off by the fox’s might, and completely believed the fox’s words. It was afraid that the fox would blame itself and do something unfavorable to it, so it ran away in a hurry.