sheep in wolf's clothing
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that appears fierce or threatening but is actually harmless or means no harm.
Example Sentences
- "The hunter-insects, as we have seen, disguise themselves so as to get near their victims unawares, and the hunted disguise themselves very often in the same way so as to avoid being seen, but sometimes in such a way that if they are seen they may appear to be much more terrible creatures than they really are. And so we have the sheep in wolves’ clothing."