out-Herod Herod

To be excessively cruel or tyrannical. Herod was the King of Judea who according to the New Testament ordered the deaths of all male babies in an attempt to kill Jesus. That dictator could out-Herod Herod with his fits of violence.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leland	['li:lənd]
Vitaly	vee-TAH-lee (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Alesia	-	English
Boos	-	Biblical Greek
Izaak	-	Polish
Gabriela	gahp-RYE-lah (Polish), gah-BRYE-lah (Spanish), gahp-ree-E-lah (German)	Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian