英语词汇beard the lion in his den的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

beard the lion in his den. In the biblical story young David as- sures Saul that he can handle the giant Goliath: “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, I went after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and smote him and killed him.” His words became the basis for our expression beard the lion in his den, boldly confront a dangerous adversary, though the exact saying was first recorded in Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion (1808).

词汇	beard the lion in his den
词源	beard the lion in his den. In the biblical story young David as- sures Saul that he can handle the giant Goliath: “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, I went after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and smote him and killed him.” His words became the basis for our expression beard the lion in his den, boldly confront a dangerous adversary, though the exact saying was first recorded in Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion (1808).
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