lion's den
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From Daniel in the lions' den, Chapter 6 of the Book of Daniel.
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lion's den (plural lions' dens)
- (idiomatic) Any dangerous or frightening place.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XL, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Mrs. Bowls cautioned her lodger against venturing into the lion's den, "wherein you will rue it, Miss B., mark my words, and as sure as my name is Bowls."
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter 24, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:
- Despite the girl's assurance, we knew that proximity to the sinister Chinaman must be fraught with danger. We stood, not in the lion's den, but in the serpent's lair.
- 2012, Katy Perry, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Dr. Luke, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “Wide Awake”, in Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection[1], performed by Katy Perry:
- Yeah, I am born again / Out of the lion's den / I don't have to pretend / (And it's too late) / The story's over now, the end
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lion, den.
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a dangerous or frightening place
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