It's also where they learn and internalize harmful cultural patterns ― like the ones that have girls and women taking on the lion's share of the tedious house chores, while boys and men duck and run, claiming time and space to realize their full human potential.
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Sometimes the female relatives take turns, but, more often, one of them takes on the lion's share of the caring.
Your husband might prefer that you take on the lion's share of reading, note-taking and phone calls.
As is the case with all commercial expeditions, the sherpas had taken on the lion's share of load carrying and trail breaking.
A few scholars have noted the tendency for grandparents to become "nannies" in the intergenerational parenting coalition, i.e., they take on the lion's share of the housework and childcare while giving up their voice in family decision-making (Goh and Kudznski 2010; Shen 2013).
In his review of the film's soundtrack, James Christopher Monger of AllMusic wrote that both "Moore and Murphy take on the lion's share of the work here, and both deliver the goods".
Obama recently said America's "treaty commitment to Japan's security is absolute, [covering] all territories under Japan's administration, including the Senkaku Islands," but unless Japan takes on the lion's share of the battle, American naval commanders might think twice about risking their assets over some uninhabited rocks.
It is a common complaint among working mothers that they end up taking on the lion's share of household duties, on top of trying to juggle work and family time.
The sequencing of the human genome involved hundreds of researchers around the world, with five centers taking on the lion's share of the work (see chart).
