Idiom Breakdown

beard the lion in his den

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Definition

To confront an adversary in his or her own environment.

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From sense beard (“to confront”).

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"And dar'st thou then / To beard the lion in his den, / The Douglas in his hall?"
"George and John Rennie, and James Ekron, a servant of my father’s, announced their determination to march in and beard the lion in his den, provided three of the Mulattoes, who were superior marksmen, would support them."
"Duty called me to beard the lion in his den; and though no Daniel, I took on the job without fear and trembling…"

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