ass in a lion's skin



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!
See also: ass, skin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tornike-Georgian
DieudonnÉEdyuu-do-NEFrench
Hawthorne['hɔ:θɔ:n]
Vanja-Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Shakeel-Arabic
Yerushah-Biblical Hebrew