WOLF IN SHEEP CLOTHING

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"Wolf in sheep's clothing" is a dangerous person pretending to be harmless.

Example: Dan was a wolf in sheep's clothing, pretending to help but all the while spying for our competitors.

Origin: The meaning of this idiom relies on the idea that a sheep is a docile sweet creature, whereas a wolf is a sly, vicious animal who likes to attack and eat vulnerable animals such as sheep or lambs (their young). This idiom has been used for thousands of years, perhaps since the 5th or 6th Century BC, when Aesop wrote his fable entitled Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. The fable told the story of a wolf who disguised himself in a sheep skin in order to trick the shepherd and remain in the sheep pasture until darkness, when he planned to feast on the other sheep in the field. The symbolism of a wolf pretending to be a sheep also appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is written “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening (hungry) wolves”. #idiom #idioms #slang #saying #sayings #phrase #phrases #expression #expressions #english #englishlanguage #learnenglish #studyenglish #language #vocabulary #efl #esl #tesl #tefl #toefl #ielts #toeic #wolf