"a precipice in front, a wolf behind francais"とは 意味・読み方・使い方

to become the prey of wolves―fall a prey to the wolf

He fell a prey to the wolves―became the prey of the wolves.

The boy said a wolf would come.

Once there was a wolf. That wolf was hungry, so it looked for some prey.

The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog

The wolfman is said to change into a wolf under the light of the full moon.

A wolf howls.

He is “a wolf in a sheep's clothing.”

We are trying to keep the wolf from the door.

the fox fled from the pursuing hounds

Setting a wolf to guard the sheep.

Wolves stalked the flock.

I heard a wolf crying.

I only wish to keep the wolf from the door.

I'm going to be a lone wolf from today on.

to “strain at a gnat and swallow a camel”

He is “a lion at home, a mouse abroad.”

an “ass in the lion's skin.”

This dress buttons down the front [in front], but that one down (at) the back.

He is “a sheep without a shepherd.”

to “by a pig in the poke”

He is “a white egg laid by a black hen.”

to “stain at a gnat and swallow a camel.”

The proverb says that “Pride goes before a fall.”

a “dog in the manger.”

“A philosopher with a toothache” is a ridiculous sight.

He who learns to write pushes a cart up a slope. Let him relax his efforts ever so little, and down he goes backward.

He who learns to write pushes a cart uphill. Let him relax his efforts ever so little, and down be foes backward.

Slow down! There is a dangerous bend ahead.

It is “selling the calf in the cow's belly”