To take the greatest or most valuable portion of something

At the birthday party the little children were crying because the older ones took the lion's share of the candy and there was nothing left for them

Alla festa di compleanno, i bambini più piccoli piangevano perché i più grandi avevano fatto le parti del leone nel prendere i dolci e non era rimasto più niente per loro

That young director's movie received the lion's share at the Oscar ceremony: he won 11 awards

Alla cerimonia degli Oscar, il film del giovane regista ha fatto la parte del leone vincendo 11 statuette

In the fund raising campaign for a new animal shelter, the boy-scouts did the lion's share by collecting eighty percent of the money needed

Nella raccolta di fondi per un nuovo rifugio per animali, i boy-scouts hanno fatto la parte del leone raccogliendo l'ottanta per cento del denaro necessario

The story of the lion going hunting with other animals is narrated in two of Aesop's fables. In one of them, the lion's companions were a heifer, a goat and a sheep. They caught a fat stag and divided it into four equal parts; then the lion, taking the best piece for himself, said: "This is mine of course, as I am the Lion"; taking another portion, he added, "This too is mine by right - the right, if you must know, of the strongest." Further, putting aside the third piece, "That's for the most valiant," said he; "and as for the remaining part, touch it if you dare."