Phrases related to: emperor butterfly

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break a butterfly on a wheel	To use unnecessary force to destroy something fragile or achieve something insignificant	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
butterfly upon a wheel	An innocent person crushed by life's adversities.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
emperor's new clothes	Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
float like a butterfly	To move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
little emperor	In contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the emperor has no clothes	Used to describe a situation where someone is pretending to be something they are not, or when something is revealed to be a fraud; a way of pointing out that someone is not as powerful or impressive as they claim to be; a way of exposing a lie or deception	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
red admiral	butterfly	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)
Lion of Judah	the emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the prince	Son of an emperor	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)