| 词汇 | a daniel in the lion-s den |
| 词源 | a Daniel in the lion’s den. Someone who braves great danger out of faith and courage. The Old Testament prophet Daniel, of the Book of Daniel, prayed to God in violation of King Darius’s order and was sealed in a den of lions. When the king went to the door the next morning, he found the seals unbroken and Daniel very much alive. “O king live for ever,” Daniel told him. “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me. . . .” |
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