wolf in sheep's clothing
Meaning: Someone who presents himself as a harmless person, but who has intentions that are not honorable.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Animals
Origin: The expression comes from Aesop's fable of the wolf that, in order to get close to a flock of sheep it wants to eat, clothes itself in a sheepskin to avoid detection.
More idioms — Animals
- Ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard — It's nothing special or impressive.
- Avoir le cafard — To feel depressed or down.
- Poser un lapin — To stand someone up on a date.
- Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter — To have more important things to do.
- Da steppt der Bär — It's going to be a great party.
- Ich glaub mein Schwein pfeift — I can't believe it! That's outrageous!
More English idioms
- apple of one's eye — A person or thing that is precious or loved above all else.
- big cheese — An important, powerful or influential person.
- bite the dust — To be destroyed or ruined beyond repair; slang for "to die".
- bitter pill to swallow — A difficult or unpleasant reality to deal with.
- black tie — Formal dress in which men wear black bow ties and dinner jackets or tuxedos and women wea…
- chew someone out — To scold someone harshly.
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