单词 | the lion's share |
释义 | > as lemmasthe lion's share d. the lion's share: the largest or principal portion. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > definite or fixed > large the lion's share1790 Benjamin's mess or portion1840 slug1867 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 203 Nor when they were in partnership with the farmer..have I heard that they had taken the lion's share . View more context for this quotation 1836 H. Taylor Statesman xxii. 155 Always..ready to take the lion's share of responsibility and labour. 1865 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) V. 251 Attacking a government which they knew only by their lion's share in its offices. 1872 Punch 22 June 253/1 The art of finding a rich friend to make a tour with you in autumn, and of leaving him to bear the lion's share of the expenses. < as lemmas |
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