"in like a lion, out like a lamb" meaning in English

See in like a lion, out like a lamb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

Head templates: {{en-proverb}} in like a lion, out like a lamb
  1. Synonym of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb Synonyms: March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-in_like_a_lion,_out_like_a_lamb-en-proverb-R4IwLGmS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in like a lion, out like a lamb",
      "name": "en-proverb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb"
      ],
      "id": "en-in_like_a_lion,_out_like_a_lamb-en-proverb-R4IwLGmS",
      "links": [
        [
          "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb",
          "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in like a lion, out like a lamb"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in like a lion, out like a lamb",
      "name": "en-proverb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb",
          "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in like a lion, out like a lamb"
}

Download raw JSONL data for in like a lion, out like a lamb meaning in English (0.7kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.