畏之如虎 fear someone like a tiger
Explanation
比喻非常害怕，如同害怕老虎一样。
It is a metaphor for being very afraid, like being afraid of a tiger.
Origin Story
话说古代，山脚下住着一位猎户，他勇敢，身手矫健，常进山打猎。一日，他进山打猎，却意外地发现了一只受伤的老虎，这只老虎被猎人射中了一箭，躺在地上痛苦地呻吟着。猎户看着这只受伤的老虎，心中既害怕又同情。他犹豫着要不要上前帮助这只老虎。这时，他想起了以前听过的一个故事，说老虎虽然凶猛，但也有善良的一面，如果它不饿，它就不会主动攻击人。于是，他鼓起勇气，小心翼翼地走近了老虎。他发现老虎身上的箭伤很深，流了很多血。猎户从口袋里拿出自己随身携带的草药，轻轻地敷在老虎的伤口上。老虎似乎感受到了猎户的善意，并没有攻击他。猎户细心地照顾了老虎几天，老虎的伤慢慢好了起来。从此以后，这只老虎再也没有伤害过村庄里的人，猎户也成了山里人眼中的英雄。
Once upon a time, at the foot of a mountain lived a hunter, brave and agile, who often went into the mountains to hunt. One day, while hunting in the mountains, he unexpectedly discovered a wounded tiger. The tiger had been shot by a hunter with an arrow, and lay on the ground groaning in pain. The hunter looked at the wounded tiger, feeling both fear and sympathy. He hesitated about whether or not to help the tiger. At this time, he remembered a story he had heard before that tigers, although fierce, also have a kind side, and if they are not hungry, they will not actively attack people. So, he mustered his courage and cautiously approached the tiger. He found that the tiger's arrow wound was deep and had bled a lot. The hunter took out the herbs he always carried with him from his pocket and gently applied them to the tiger's wound. The tiger seemed to sense the hunter's kindness and did not attack him. The hunter carefully looked after the tiger for several days, and the tiger's wound slowly healed. From then on, the tiger never harmed the villagers again, and the hunter became a hero in the eyes of the mountain people.
Usage
作谓语、定语；形容非常害怕。
Used as predicate and attributive; to describe being extremely afraid.
Examples
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他为人刚正不阿，对那些贪官污吏一向是畏之如虎。
ta weiren gangzheng bua, dui naxie tan guan wuli yixiang shi wei zhi ru hu
He was a man of incorruptible integrity, and he feared corrupt officials like the devil.
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自从那次事件后，他便畏之如虎，再也不敢踏入那条小巷。
zicom na ci shijian hou, ta bian wei zhi ru hu, zaigan bu gan ta ru na tiao xiao xiang
After that incident, he was so afraid of the place that he did not dare to enter the alley again.