"That's a little like having an understanding with a hungry lion, isn't it?"
I was like a Christian trying to negotiate with a hungry lion.
It made her feel too much like a mouse confronting a hungry lion.
It would be like lying down beside a hungry lion.
"No, my friend; it was a hungry lion that charged us."
He knew he could not prevent what was about to happen, just as you cannot drive hungry lions from their fresh kill.
It can be much easier to face a hungry lion than to turn a book into a hit.
But he had to admit, even to himself, that going into this office was a little like entering the cage of a hungry lion.
Bhima looks to the other side where a hungry lion is looking for food.
Look how he eyes this window, like a hungry lion waiting to be fed.