Lion's share

Lion's share
Львиная доля. Большой куш

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  • Lion\'s share — Годы c 1987 по настоящее время Страна …   Википедия

  • Lion's share — Годы c 1987 по настоящее время Страна   …   Википедия

  • Lion's Share — Жанры мелодичный хэви метал Годы c 1987 по настоящее время Страна …   Википедия

  • Lion’s Share — Lion s Share Жанры мелодичный хэви метал Годы c 1987 по настоящее время Страна …   Википедия

  • Lion's share — Lion Li on (l[imac] [u^]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, onis, akin to Gr. le wn. Cf. {Chameleon}, {Dandelion}, {Leopard}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A large carnivorous feline mammal ({Panthera leo}, formerly {Felis leo}), found in Southern Asia and in most parts… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lion's Share — is an expression that has come to mean the larger of two amounts, or more often, the largest of several amounts.The saying derives from one of Aesop s fables, where the term is actually defined as the complete amount (all of it).In the fable, a… …   Wikipedia

  • lion's share — The lion s share of something is the biggest or best part …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lion's share — n. [from Aesop s fable in which the lion took all the spoils of a joint hunt] the whole thing or, now usually, the biggest and best portion …   English World dictionary

  • lion's share — index majority (greater part) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lion's share — phrasal : the largest part the central government collects and spends the lion s share of the citizen s tax dollar Cabell Phillips slyly sneaked the lion s share of buttered toast at tea Jean Stafford * * * noun [noncount] : the largest part of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lion's share —    The lion s share of something is the biggest or best part.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    The lion s share of something is the largest portion, or the best part.     He left very little money to his children; the lion s share was… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions


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