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wolves in sheep's clothing
- A metaphor for false prophets , adapted from words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount : 鈥淏eware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.鈥
Example Sentences
But all of them are wolves in sheep鈥檚 clothing - or feral dogs wandering the street; slack jaws drooling as they look for prey.
The 鈥渨olves in sheep鈥檚 clothing,鈥 as a diocese spokeswoman described the men to the National Catholic Register, also started demanding copies of the parishioners鈥 birth certificates, raising fears of identity theft and possible human trafficking.
Disney family members, including Abigail E. Disney, blasted Trian and Blackwells as 鈥渨olves in sheep鈥檚 clothing.鈥
In a letter to Disney shareholders, which was viewed by The New York Times, they call Mr. Peltz and a handful of other activist investors encircling Disney 鈥渨olves in sheep鈥檚 clothing.鈥
It鈥檚 a beautiful, unthreatening creature because in this movie 鈥 as in 鈥淭he Night of the Hunter,鈥 which references 鈥渞avening wolves鈥 in sheep鈥檚 clothing 鈥 the gravest menace is people.
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