Animals

The lion's share

The largest part of something.

Examples

  • The marketing team got the lion's share of the budget.
  • My sister did the lion's share of the cooking at Christmas.

How to use it

Neutral; common in business and news. Usually "the lion's share of" + noun.

Where it comes from

From Aesop's fables, in which a lion takes all or most of what is hunted together with other animals.