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wolf in sheep's clothing
- Figuratively, anyone who disguises a ruthless nature through an outward show of innocence. Jesus taught his followers to 鈥渂eware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.鈥
Idioms and Phrases
An enemy disguised as a friend, as in Dan was a wolf in sheep's clothing, pretending to help but all the while spying for our competitors . This term comes from the ancient fable about a wolf that dresses up in the skin of a sheep and sneaks up on a flock. This fable has given rise to a rich history of allusions as in the Sermon on the Mount when Jesus speaks of false prophets in sheep's clothing, 鈥渂ut inwardly they are ravening wolves鈥 (Matthew 7:15).Example Sentences
But for those strongly opposed to the AfD she is a fig leaf or - as one Social Democrat put it - a "wolf in sheep's clothing".
In the psychological thriller 鈥淗eretic鈥 from A24, the typically debonair Hugh Grant turns diabolical, but like a wolf in sheep鈥檚 clothing, he鈥檚 disguised by a singular cardigan, one painstakingly selected by costume designer Betsy Heimann.
In handing down a harsher sentence, Anderson referred to Moore as a 鈥渨olf in sheep鈥檚 clothing.鈥
鈥淭o use a religious term, I鈥檓 a wolf in sheep鈥檚 clothing,鈥 Spilsbury said.
There鈥檚 a lightness about Stanley that I really enjoyed incorporating into the wolf in sheep鈥檚 clothing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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