虎头蛇尾 英文怎么说？

Question

这个成语的意思怎么翻译？

Answer 1

不同情况下，会有不同说法，这里给你几个句子作为参考吧
The story begins dramatically but the plot peters out before the end
这故事有些虎头蛇尾

The poem is top-heavy with ideas.
这首诗因思想内容布局不当，显得虎头蛇尾。

I've asked you to do this for me because I know you're not a quitter.
我要求你为我做这件事,因为我知道你做事不虎头蛇尾.

Both mysteriously familiar and radically different, the network computer may represent the next great wave of computing, or it may sputter and fizzle like Apple Computer Inc.'s Newton.
网络计算机既有神秘的熟悉性、又有根本的差异性，可能代表了计算发展的下一个浪潮、也可能像苹果公司newton那样（一种称作为个人数字助理的手持式装置——译注）虎头蛇尾，不了了之。

Answer 2

begins dramatically, but ends terribly

The story begins dramatically but the plot peters out before the end
这故事有些虎头蛇尾

The poem is top-heavy with ideas.
这首诗因思想内容布局不当，显得虎头蛇尾。

I've asked you to do this for me because I know you're not a quitter.
我要求你为我做这件事,因为我知道你做事不虎头蛇尾.

Both mysteriously familiar and radically different, the network computer may represent the next great wave of computing, or it may sputter and fizzle like Apple Computer Inc.'s Newton.
网络计算机既有神秘的熟悉性、又有根本的差异性，可能代表了计算发展的下一个浪潮、也可能像苹果公司newton那样（一种称作为个人数字助理的手持式装置——译注）虎头蛇尾，不了了之。

Answer 3

Very sloppy work

差不多这个意思！

Answer 4

good beginning bad ending.

Answer 5

good beganning bad ending

Answer 6

Has a strong beginning but a weak ending .