If a person, group, or project gets the lion's share of something, they get the largest part of it, leaving very little for other people. Military and nuclear research have received the lion's share of public funding
lion's share
Turkish pronunciation
layınz şer
Pronunciation
/ˈlīənz ˈsʜer/ /ˈlaɪənz ˈʃɛr/
Etymology
() From the Aesop's fable The Lion's Share, in which a lion claims the full amount of the spoil after hunting with a number of other beasts.