Castle Eger is one of Hungaryâs most popular tourist attractions and is well worth a visit. The castle is about a 90 minute train ride from Budapest. The castle dates back to 13th century and is famous for fending off the massive Turkish army invasion in 1552.
Paper tiger. Paper tiger is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhÇlÇohÇ, meaning something that seems as threatening as a tiger, but does not withstand challenge. The phrase is an ancient one in Chinese culture, but sources differ as to when it entered the English vocabulary.
The tigerâs scientific name, Panthera tigris, is usually assumed to come from the Greek words pan-, meaning âallâ, and theron, meaning âbeastâ, but this is likely a myth from folk etymology.A group of tigers is called a âstreakâ or an âambushâ, although it is a rare sight.he Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies and the largest is the Siberian tiger. The word âtigerâ comes from the Greek word âtigrisâ, which probably originated from a Persian word meaning âarrowâ. The English word âTigressâ was first documented in 1611.