成語故事英文版：狐假虎威

A tiger caughta fox in a forest, and was just about to eat it, when the fox said, "You mustn't eat me. I was sent by Heaven to rule the animals. By eating me, You will violate the command of Heaven. If you dont believe me, just follow me to see whether the animals are afraid of me."

老虎在山林裏捉到了一隻狐狸，要吃掉它。狐狸連忙說：“你不能吃我，我是天帝派來統治百獸的。你要吃了我，就違抗了天帝的命令。你不信，就跟我倒山林裏走一趟，看百獸見了我是不是都很害怕。”

The tiger agreed, and followed the fox as it walked around the forest. The animals all ran away on seeing them.

老虎相信了狐狸的話，就跟在狐狸的後面走進山林。百獸見了果然都紛紛逃命。

The tiger thought they were afraid of the fox, so he let it go. He didn't realise that it was him that hte beasts were really afraid of.

老虎以爲百獸真的害怕狐狸而不知道是害怕自己，於是就把狐狸給放了。

This idiom means relying on another 's power to bully or frighten others.

這個成語用來比喻依仗別人的勢力去欺壓人或嚇唬人。