Meaning: beard

bɪəd
n.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's facea tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grassesa person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammalstuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
v.
go along the rim, like a beard around the chin

beard Idiom, Proverb

bearded clam

the female genitals, inclusive of pubic hair

beard the lion in his den

Idiom(s): beard the lion in his den

Theme: CHALLENGE

to face an adversary on the adversary's home ground.
• I went to the tax collector's office to beard the lion in his den.
• He said he hadn't wanted to come to my home, but it was better to beard the lion in his den.

Beard the lion in his own den

If you confront a powerful or dangerous rival on their territory, you are bearding the lion in his own den.

laugh in one's beard|beard|laugh|laugh in one's sl

To be amused but not show it; hide your laughter. He was laughing up his sleeve when Joe answered the phone because he knew the call would he a joke.

beard the lion

beard the lion
Confront a danger, take a risk, as in I went straight to my boss, bearding the lion. This term was originally a Latin proverb based on a Bible story (I Samuel 17:35) about the shepherd David, who pursued a lion that had stolen a lamb, caught it by its beard, and killed it. By Shakespeare's time it was being used figuratively, as it is today. Sometimes the term is amplified to beard the lion in his den, which may combine the allusion with another Bible story, that of Daniel being shut in a lions' den for the night (Daniel 6:16-24).

beard Idiom, Proverb

bearded clam

beard the lion in his den

Beard the lion in his own den

laugh in one's beard|beard|laugh|laugh in one's sl

beard the lion

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