# What does ‘the lion's share’ mean?

To “the lion's share” means to the largest portion. Brewer's cites Aesop's fable in which the lion, hunting with weaker beasts, claims the whole prey by threats — the 'lion's share' is thus all or nearly all.

## What it means

- Brewer's cites Aesop's fable in which the lion, hunting with weaker beasts, claims the whole prey by threats — the 'lion's share' is thus all or nearly all.

## Action steps

1. Modern use is milder — simply the biggest slice.
2. Example: The lion's share of the profits went to the founders.

## Sources

- [Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) — Internet Archive scan](https://archive.org/details/brewers-dictionary-of-phrase-and-fable)

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