🦁 Lion

"Claim the lion's share"

Meaning

To take the biggest part or most of the credit.

About the lion

Lions are treated as the dominant animal in folklore, which is why their idioms describe courage or claiming the largest share.

Example sentence

Everyone helped clean the house, but Leo claimed the lion's share of the praise.

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Which idiom means...

To take the biggest part or most of the credit.

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