In the hunt for affordable prescription drugs, that bill was a toothless tiger.

Any new laws that come into place will surely be toothless tigers.

Also, the Bar association at the time was a toothless tiger, unorganized, with no right to discipline its members.

'I'd call the League a toothless tiger, wouldn't you?' he said.

He must stay put and continue to play the toothless tiger!

Despite many complaints, that toothless tiger has never uncovered a single case of corruption.

He looks like he spent about four hours on the wrong end of a toothless tiger.

"We are something of a toothless tiger, especially when it comes to dealing with a dealer," said a ranking bureau official.

Keeping him off would assure only that the toothless tiger purrs on.

At any rate, it has already become a toothless tiger.