be as gentle as a lamb



be as gentle as a lamb

To be pleasant, caring, and calm. My rambunctious son is as gentle as a lamb with our cat. Mr. Stewart may seem crotchety, but he's as gentle as a lamb—he's actually helped me carry my groceries many times.
See also: gentle, lamb

be as gentle as a lamb

to be very calm and kind I thought she was gentle as a lamb until I heard her shouting at Richard.
See also: gentle, lamb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sarra-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Erikae-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
SapphoSAF-o (English)Ancient Greek
TinoTEE-noItalian
Engle['eŋgl]
Servatius-Late Roman