A live dog is better than a dead lion Home The Lexicon A live dog is better than a dead lion Thumbnail Phrase or WordA live dog is better than a dead lionDefinitionBetter to be humble but alive than powerful but gone.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategoryCaninesGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemBetter to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion Next itemNever stand between a dog and a tree
