Glad rags
Tel un épouvantail il ne fait peur que de loin.
Like a scarecrow, he is frightening only from afar.
A fancy French scarecrow fit for the Parc de Bagatelle in Paris' Bois de Boulogne, and dressed for the Egyptian proverb above.
Vocabulary
un épouvantail: a scarecrow; a fallacious argument used to deceive, also called un homme de paille (a straw man)
loin: far
les belles fringues: glad rags (slang)
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