toothless people

基本解释

Even though marriage in Western societies has become a toothless tiger from a legal standpoint, it is still the ambition of most women and 91% of people still get married.
在西方社会中即使婚姻已经在法律上已经成为无齿大虫时，这依旧是大多数女人夙愿，91%的人仍然会结婚。
Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that opens up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species.
洞察敏锐的小嗝嗝发现他的族人其实对龙族存有误解，他们的友谊打开了通往彼此世界的大门。
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But even the relatively toothless Welsh Assembly will have the power to scrutinise and alter the administration of Wales, and so give its people a greater sense of participation in their own government.
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