ASS IN A LION'S SKIN

Meaning of ASS IN A LION'S SKIN in English

deceiver, someone who pretends to be greater than he truly is

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

ASS IN A LION'S SKIN — Осел в львиной шкуре
Английские поговорки
S — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LION — I Large, powerfully built cat ( Panthera leo ), the proverbial "king of beasts. " It is now found mainly …
Английский словарь Британика
ASS — or wild ass Either of two species of small, sturdy Asses are 3–5 ft (90–150 cm) high at the shoulder. …
Английский словарь Британика
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASS — I. ˈas, ˈaa(ə)s, ˈais also ˈȧs in NE & Brit especially (in Brit at least) in sense 2 noun ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LION — ˈlīən noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leon, lion, from Old French, from Latin leon-, leo, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKIN — — skinlike , adj. /skin/ , n. , v. , skinned, skinning , adj. n. 1. the external covering or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LION — — lionesque , adj. — lionlike, lionly , adj. /luy"euhn/ , n. 1. a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English scinn skin, Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASS — I. ˈas noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English assa, probably from Old Irish asan, from Latin asinus Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LION — noun ( plural lions ) Etymology: Middle English lioun, from Anglo-French leun, lion, from Latin leon-, leo, from Greek leōn …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKIN — vi to become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. 2. skin ·noun a vessel made of skin, used …
Webster English vocab
LION — noun a sign and a constellation; leo. 2. lion ·noun an object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who …
Webster English vocab
SKIN — [skin] n, often attrib [ME, fr. ON skinn; akin to OE scinn skin, MHG schint fruit peel] (13c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LION — [li.on] n, pl lions [ME, fr. OF, fr. L leon-, leo, fr. Gk leon] (12c) 1 a or pl lion …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASS — [ass] n [ME, fr. OE assa, prob. fr. OIr asan, fr. L asinus] (bef. 12c) 1: any of several hardy …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIN — in human anatomy, the covering, or integument, of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from …
Britannica English vocabulary
LION — Lion (Leo, or Panthera, leo) (Leo, or Panthera, leo), large, powerfully built cat of the family Felidae, and the second …
Britannica English vocabulary
ASS — also called Wild Ass, either of two species belonging to the horse family, Equidae, especially the African wild ass, Equus …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKIN — skin BrE AmE skɪn ▷ skinned skɪnd ▷ skinning ˈskɪn ɪŋ ▷ skins skɪnz ▶ ˈ skin ˌ diver BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LION — lion BrE AmE ˈla ɪ ‿ən ▷ lion|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKIN — / skɪn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ON BODY 1. [ U , C ] the layer of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LION — / ˈlaɪən; NAmE / noun a large powerful animal of the cat family, that hunts in groups and lives in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASS — / æs; NAmE / noun 1. ( NAmE , taboo , slang ) = arse 2. ( BrE , informal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN — I. skin 1 S2 W2 /skɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: skinn ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LION — I. Lion BrE AmE noun (used as a title for a member of the Lions Club): Contact Lion Jim Cole …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LION — li ‧ on /ˈlaɪən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin leo , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASS — ass /æs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: assa , from Latin asinus ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LION — n. 1 (fem. lioness) a large flesh-eating cat, Panthera leo, of Africa and S. Asia, with a tawny coat and, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKIN — n. & v. n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LION — n. 1 (fem. lioness) a large flesh-eating cat, Panthera leo, of Africa and S. Asia, with a tawny coat and, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1. the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Oxford English vocab
LION — n.1 (fem. lioness) a large flesh-eating cat, Panthera leo, of Africa and S. Asia, with a tawny coat and, in …
Oxford English vocab
SKIN — ( skins, skinning, skinned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASS — ( asses) 1. An ass is an animal which is related to a horse but which is smaller and has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a heart/lung/skin etc condition ▪ I’m taking some medicine for a heart condition. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lion/rhino/stag etc hunt mountain lion sea lion COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE young ▪ But …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES whup...ass (= defeat you very easily ) ▪ I’m gonna whup your ass . PHRASES …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKIN — [verb] [T] -nn-To skin something is to remove its skin.The hunters skinned the deer they had killed.You can skin tomatoes …
Cambridge English vocab
LION — female also lioness [noun] [C] - a large strong African and Indian animal with four legs and light brown fur …
Cambridge English vocab
ASS — (BOTTOM) [noun] [C] [esp. US] [slightly taboo] [slang] - arse([esp. US] [slightly taboo] [slang]) If someone tells you to get …
Cambridge English vocab
LION — n. mountain lion golden lion tamarin golden lion marmoset Lion Gulf of African lion dog Richard Coeur de Lion sea …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASS — n. or wild ass Either of two species of small, sturdy equines . Asses are 35 ft (90150 cm) high …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASS — Synonyms and related words : Rocky Mountain canary, Siberian husky, act of love, adultery, aphrodisia, arse, balling, beast of burden, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIN — See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED …
Slang English vocab
ASS — n 1. anything displeasing. "I feel like ass today," would mean that the speaker doesn't feel well. "That car looks …
Slang English vocab
SKIN — I. noun 1 covering of a human/animal body ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful , clear , fine , flawless , good , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SKIN — n. 25B6; noun these chemicals could damage the skin : EPIDERMIS, dermis, derma. Mary's fair skin : COMPLEXION, colouring, skin …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LION — n. 25B6; noun a lion ready to attack : big cat, king of the beasts; lioness. a lion amongst men …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIN — See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED …
Словарь английских идиом
LION — "The most powerful, daring and impressive of all carnivorous animals, the most magnificent in aspect and awful in voice." At …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ASS — Five Hebrew names of the genus Asinus occur in the Old Testament. â Chamor denotes the male domestic ass. â …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SKIN — 1. сущ. 1) а) кожа (человека) to cast, shed, slip one's skin ≈ сбрасывать кожу, линять The snake shed its …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LION — сущ. 1) лев pride of lions ≈ стая львов lions roar ≈ львы рычат Young lion is a cub. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASS — сущ. 1) осел to be an ass for one's pains ≈ не получить благодарности за свои старания; остаться в дураках …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKIN — skin.ogg 1. skın n 1. 1> кожа clear dry, tender skin - чистая сухая, нежная кожа fair dark skin - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LION — lion.ogg ʹlaıən n 1. зоол. лев ( Felis leo ) lion cub - львёнок lion tamer - укротитель /дрессировщик/ львов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ASS — ass.ogg _I æs n 1. зоол. 1> осёл домашний, ишак ( Equus asinus ) 2> арх. , библ. ослица Balaam's …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKIN — 1) наружный [поверхностный] слой; оболочка; покрытие; плёнка 2) окалина 3) корка ( слитка, заготовки ) 4) плена ( дефект проката …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SKIN — 1) наружный [поверхностный] слой; оболочка; покрытие; плёнка 2) окалина 3) корка (слитка, заготовки) 4) плена (дефект проката) 5) обшивка (напр. фюзеляжа, автомобиля) 6) кожура, кожица …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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