חַיָּה רָעָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Dangerous beast/ beast of prey/ wild beast

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: a predatory or dangerous animal; also, a dangerous and threatening thing.

("And now, come, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits, and we shall say, 'A wild beast has devoured him,' and we shall see what becomes of his dreams" — Genesis 37:20; Joseph's brothers speaking to one another), and also: "And the train on the iron track—that is the dangerous beast, with its blazing, burning eyes like embers of broom; it too sings as it moves" — Y. L. Peretz, "Gilgullo shel Nigun".)