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English / proverb

In Like a Lion, out Like a Lamb

MEANING IN ENGLISH

Beginning with extreme fierceness, tumult, or hostility, but concluding in a gentle, peaceful, and calm state.

In context

01

The winter storm arrived in like a lion, out like a lamb as fierce blizzards yielded to sunny calm.

02

The contentious union negotiations went in like a lion, out like a lamb once fair wages were established.

Synonyms

tamed,calming down,subdued conclusion

Antonyms

escalating violently,intensifying,worsening

Collocations

came in like a lion out like a lamb,go in like a lion out like a lamb,entered in like a lion out like a lamb

Sources

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