When to Use
- To comment on someone pretending to be nice to get ahead
- To describe a fake friend who is secretly working against you
- To point out a situation where a malicious person is trying to blend into a safe space
This clip depicts a wolf putting on a sheep's skin to blend in with a group of sheep. The visual representation of the idiom 'a wolf in sheep's clothing' makes it a popular metaphor for social situations involving duplicity, hidden agendas, or pretending to be part of a group while having malicious intent.
A wolf walks towards several sheep, then suddenly pulls a sheep skin over its head to camouflage itself among them.
This clip is used to represent someone who is hiding their true, predatory, or malicious intentions while pretending to be harmless or one of the crowd.