Idiom?

[Lugubert]

In a web article I found "狮子张大口". Literally, I get no sense. So, what does it mean?

[HashiriKata]

Literally, I get no sense.

It looks like "the lion is yawning" to me . Will be back for something better

[imron]

It's 歇后语: 狮子张大口--好大的口气

[gato]

Based on the article, "狮子张大口" seems to mean someone making an unreasonable demand, like a lion opening its mouth to make a request. Here it refers to the property owner's demand for compensation and is posed as a question.

Edit: What imron said.

[againstwind]

gato got the exact idea. Literally it means a lion opens its big mouth. But it's usually used as a trope, indicating that someone making an unreasonable demand.

more examples:

我们想请这位明星来北京演出，可是她的经纪人却狮子大开口，宣称出场费至少要三十万。

别跟我狮子大开口，你还没有听听我的条件呢！

[HashiriKata]

As promised in my earlier post, I was looking a round the web and found that it's generally used in the sense of "making an extravagant demand". Glad that others have come to your aid meanwhile.

[Ian_Lee]

Most likely you will use this phrase at least once in your life -- that is when your mother-in-law to be asks you to offer her US$10,000 before she can let her daughter marry you. And of course if she looks and sounds like a 河東獅, then this phrase is even more appropriate.

[Lugubert]

Thanks, all of you!

[Quest]

that is when your mother-in-law to be asks you to offer her US$10,000 before she can let her daughter marry you.

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