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What does wolf in sheep's clothing mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A person or other performer of actions which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.
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Like a wolf in sheep's clothing, inaccurate information is chaos hiding in the ordered environment.
It isn't, therefore, that community policing is a better way to package draconian measures, like a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Do people not realise that Cameron's caring and sharing new Conservative Party is just the wolf in sheep's clothing.
When we say someone is a wolf in sheep's clothing, we don't literally mean that he's a large land mammal related to a dog, wearing wool.
Similar to a lamb, the symbol of Jesus, but speaking like a dragon, the symbol of Satan, the beast rising from the earth accurately corresponds with Jesus' definition of a «false prophet»: a wolf in sheep's clothing.
You are a wolf in sheep's clothing and everyone else knows it.

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