the lion's mouth

the lion's mouth

A place or situation that is fraught with risk or danger. Don't put your head in the lion's mouth by driving in such horrible conditions. Voting to repeal these regulations for banks is just going to put our hand right back in the lion's mouth—the same one that bit us when the economy crashed 10 years ago.See also: mouth

the lion's mouth

a place of great peril.See also: mouth