king of beasts | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Thelion.Coordinate term:queen of beasts1900February 23, Hal Standish[pseudonym; Harvey King Shackleford], “Fred Fearnot in Johannesburg or, The Terrible Ride to Kimberley”, inWork and Win: An Interesting Weekly for Young America, number64, New York, N.Y.:Frank Tousey, chapter VII (Terry’s Remarkable Exploit as a Lion Slayer),page20, column 1:“Who shot the lions?” Fred asked. / “Yours truly,” answered Terry. “I shot them with my little gun. I wouldn’t tell a lie for a dozen lions.” Nearly every one in the command laughed heartily, and gathered around to see the big game. The scouts told how Terry had brought the twokings of beastsdown, each at a single shot.

Examples:

EN: I bet you're the king of beasts, you great big wild thing.
ES: Apuesto a que eres el rey de las bestias, fiera.
EN: Miss Tira will defy death by placing her head in the jaws of the king of beasts.
ES: La Srta. Tira desafiará a la muerte... al poner la cabeza... en las quijadas del rey de las bestias.
EN: - Aren't they the king of beasts?
ES: - No sé, "rey de las bestias" o algo así.
EN: The boy who held the king of beasts at bay with his bare hands.
ES: El hombre que tomó en sus manos al rey de las bestias.
EN: The strength of the lion makes him king of beasts.
ES: La fuerza del león le hace ser rey de las bestias.
EN: Mash made of sawdust for the king of beasts.
ES: Puré de aserrín para el rey de las bestias.
EN: The king of beasts.
ES: Es el Rey de las fieras.
EN: The king of beasts turned into a killer by supposedly civilized human beings.
ES: El rey de las bestias convertido en asesino por humanos civilizados.
EN: "One morning, I reach Paris in sabots" "I ask to see the lion, king of beasts Receive a bump on my nose" "As war was on, going on I get blinkered, I'm drafted"
ES: Una mañana llego a París en cascos, y pido ver al león, el rey de los animales, pero me dan con una camilla en el ollar, pues estaban en guerra.
EN: Why do they call them king of beasts?
ES: No cazan, no matan.
EN: well, I've never seen a king of beasts
ES: Pues sin pelo en ese cabezón
EN: I'm the king of beasts.
ES: - Soy el rey de las bestias.
EN: Such intensive mating leaves the male exhausted... a hardship that the king of beasts has to endure.
ES: Un apareamiento tan intenso deja exhausto al macho... una dificultad que el rey de las bestias debe soportar.
EN: And the man they all follow the "king of beasts".
ES: Son como socios. Y el hombre al que ellos todos responden el "rey de las bestias" Tamao Serizawa.
EN: So that he knows I speak truth let him behold the king of beasts and kneel before him.
ES: Para que sepa que hablo con la verdad permitan que contemple al rey de las bestias y se arrodille frente a él.

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