lion
noun /ˈlaɪən/
/ˈlaɪən/
Idioms - a large, powerful animal of the cat family that hunts in groups and lives in parts of Africa and southern Asia. Lions have yellow-brown fur and the male has a mane (= long, thick hair round its neck).
enlarge image- The lion shook its mane and roared.
- a pride of lions (= a group of them)
- Over the past two months, 13 lions have been killed by poachers.
- He had once been chased and almost eaten by a lion.
- Young Masai men gather for traditional lion hunts.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of lions- pride
- growl
- roar
- attack somebody
- …
- cub
- tamer
- hunt
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French liun, from Latin leo, leon-, from Greek leōn, leont-.
Idioms
the lion’s den
- a difficult situation in which you have to face a person or people who are unfriendly or aggressive towards you
the lion’s share (of something)
- the largest or best part of something when it is divided
to beard the lion in his den
- to go to see an important or powerful person to tell them that you disagree with them, that you want something, etc.Topics Opinion and argumentc2