| 单词 | the lion's mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe lion's mouth c. the lion's mouth: taken as a type of a place of great peril. (Cf. Psalm xxii. 21, 2 Timothy iv. 17.) Similarly, in the lion's paws. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > dangerous place the lion's moutha1225 unsanctuary?1617 Indian country1625 in the lion's paws1629 witch's cauldron1816 hot spot1837 no man's land1926 red zone1942 trouble spot1956 a1225 St. Marher. 7 Leose me lauerd ut of þe liunes muð. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 70 What doth hee else but as it were put his finger into the Lyons mouth. 1629 J. Smith True Trav. (Arb.) xx. 878 But Merham, the old fox, seeing himselfe in the lions pawes, sprung his loufe. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 289 He wou'd not lay down his Arms, saying it was better to die, than to run into the Lion's Mouth. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vii. 123 In the power of saying rude truth, sometimes in the lion's mouth, no men surpass them. < as lemmas |
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