The Lion's Share is an expression meaning 'the largest portion' that comes from Aesop's fable The Lion's Share. In it, four animal predators go on a successful stag hunt. When they started out, it was a group endeavor and each of the four thought he would get a quarter of the prize, but that was not to be, since the animals were not equal in power. In the story, the biggest, strongest animal of the group takes far more than a quarter. The lion takes either the whole carcass of the stag or 3/4 of it, leaving either nothing for his helpers or one quarter of the quarry for the other three to divide.
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