the lion's den



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the lion's den

A particularly dangerous, hostile, or oppressive place or situation, especially due to an angry or sinister person or group of people within it. I felt like I was walking into the lion's den when I went in front of the board for my annual review.
See also: den

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DmitriDMEE-treeRussian
Aelius-Ancient Roman
Einarr-Ancient Scandinavian
TeunTUUNDutch
Goodman['gudmən]
Nicodemonee-ko-DE-mo (Italian), nee-ko-DHE-mo (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese