If there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey is king

If there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey is king

There is no tiger in the mountain. It is a common saying that monkey calls king. It means that there is no sage, and ordinary people can also play an important role.

Idiom explanation

There is no tiger on the mountain. Monkey is called king. It means that there is no capable person, and ordinary people also play the main role.

Idioms and allusions

[source] Chapter 14 of the collection of notes in late Qing Dynasty Literature: a cold eye view: "relying on Lao Tzu to do Shanghai Road, there are no tigers in the mountains in the city. Monkeys say that the king is used to his temper. It's like spending four yuan wrongly to accompany his friends to have a drink."

Discrimination of words

[usage] as an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences