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- put (one's) head in the lion's mouth
put (one's) head in the lion's mouth
put (one's) head in the lion's mouth
To subject oneself to danger or trouble. I really put my head in the lion's mouth by sneaking out of the house late at night. I think you're putting your head in the lion's mouth by driving in such torrential rain.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Aric | | - | English |
| Adina (2) | | - | Romanian |
| TÜNdÉR | | - | Hungarian |
| Ion (1) | | YON (Romanian) | Basque, Romanian |
| EcrİN | | - | Turkish |
| Valerian | | və-LIR-ee-ən (English) | History, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian |