The lion’s den is a metaphor for the usual location of a dangerous person or feared authority, such as an employer. For example, a teacher’s office could be the lion’s den—if you are afraid of that teacher. Or, if one is afraid of drunk people, then any bar would be the lion’s den. In this […]

  The idiom, from the bottom of my heart, is used to communicate gratitude or to emphasize thanks. It uses a metaphor that we see in many English phrases. We often talk about our truest feelings coming from deep inside us. We talk about the heart (or mind) as if it were a container. Deeper […]