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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 93. The noun phrase today is the

  • lion's share. Okay. Let's take a look at the note. The lion's share can refer

  • to the greatest part or the largest part of something. Okay.

  • Or the second meaning we have here. If someone gets the lion's share, he or she

  • gets the largest part of something. So it's used a lot in this way. We always

  • say somebody got the lion's share of something or, or somebody does the lion

  • share of something. Okay. Yeah. So it could be different, different verbs could be

  • used with this. Let's continue. The origin of this noun phrase comes from one of

  • Aesop's fables. So yeah this is another one that comes from an Aesop fable named

  • \"Lion and Wilderness Partners in the Hunt. \" So the lion in the wilderness you know, out in

  • the wild there. And he had all the animals working together to catch this

  • other prey in the hunt. All right let's continue. In the story,

  • all the animals work together to catch a lot of prey.

  • You know the hunt the poor hunted animals that are going to be eaten. When

  • the animals gathered to split the prey, the lion declared himself to be superior.

  • You know, he's above everybody else and that he deserves all the spoils for

  • himself. So he wanted it all. He didn't want to share. This is one where

  • sometimes we say you know is there honor among thieves. It kind of reminds you a

  • little bit like that. But anyway he wanted everything. I think somebody I

  • think I read there's two versions of the story. One I think one of the animals

  • tries to separate all the animals and share it very evenly and then the lion

  • just kills and eats him and then nobody else fights him. But either way in the

  • end the lion ends up with all of them. So the lion got the lion's share. That's

  • where the phrase comes from. All right. Let's just give some examples here.

  • Example number one. Her husband does the lion's share of the cooking in their

  • household. So maybe he cooks most nights. So maybe he cooks like five times a week.

  • He cooks the majority of the time. He , he does the lion's share

  • of the cooking. All right. Number two. That poker player won the lion's share of the

  • game. So and how many games there were but he won the majority of them. He won

  • most of them. So you could say he won the lion's share. Yes. We could say well that

  • movie . We were supposed to have movie here. That movie snatched the lion's share of

  • the Awards. It was nominated for. So if it was nominated for eight or nine Awards.

  • Maybe it won five or six. So they got the lion's share. They got most of them. Okay.

  • Good. And the last example here. His wife does the lion's share of the cooking and

  • this is the way we often see it. Okay. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it's

  • clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

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