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lions' den

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the lions' den
an unpleasant situation in which a person or group of people criticizes you or your ideas. It's your turn for the lions' den. Gordon wants to see you in his office now.
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Instead, for their reproduction of Peter Paul Rubens' ``Daniel in the Lions' Den,'' they drew it on paper, poked holes in the paper, spread the sketch over the pavement and marked the blacktop through the holes.
The amateur's entry into the lions' den of the professionals turned out to be the ultimate anxiety dream.
Tuesday night, after a year of bitter partisan stalemate that crippled the government and soured the voters, both sides will try to mute their mutual hostility when Clinton enters the GOP lions' den again for this year's speech.
 
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