ass in a lion's skin

A blustering fool. The "ass" here is a donkey, trying to portray itself as a strong and powerful lion. Can you believe the boss yelled at me because he thought—wrongly—that I'd handed in my budget late? Geez, he's such an ass in a lion's skin!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mailys	-	French
Wilky	-	Medieval English
Svyatoslav	svyah-tah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Lan	-	Chinese, Vietnamese
Damian	DAY-mee-ən (English), DAHM-yahn (Polish)	English, Polish, Dutch
JosÉPhine	zho-ze-FEEN	French