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	Pronounced	Usage
Ian	[iən]
Krsto	-	Croatian
Roi (2)	-	Hebrew
Henrike	hen-REE-kə (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Velvel	-	Yiddish
Feliciano	fe-lee-CHYAH-no (Italian), fe-lee-THYAH-no (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese