Idiom of the Day: "The lion's share," referring to the largest, most significant, or best portion of something. If you do most of the work on a project, you did the lion's share; if you get the biggest cut of the pie, you get the lion's share. The phrase traces back to Aesop's Fables. In the fable entitled, "The Lion's Share," the lion goes hunting alongside lesser beasts like a fox, a donkey, or a wolf. After they make a kill, the lion divides the prey into four portions. He justifies taking the first three portions due to his royal status, his labor in the hunt, and his strength. Historically, the phrase originally meant everything or taking the entire thing by force. However, by the late 1700s, the idiom's meaning softened in everyday English to its modern usage: simply taking the biggest part. #PainlessPublicSpeaking #PublicSpeaking