竜頭蛇尾

りゅうとうだび

noun

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a strong beginning and a weak ending, an anticlimax(yojijukugo)

竜	dragon, imperial
頭	head, counter for large animals
蛇	snake, serpent, hard drinker
尾	tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

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