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I believe the expression is "beard the lion in his den".

Thanks! I’m a native speaker (US) and was unfamiliar with this idiom. Cambridge dictionary does list this definition of beard:

> to face, meet, or deal with an unpleasant or frightening person in a brave or determined way

It's a little old fashioned. Many sayings have a naval origin, a bunch of others have a biblical origin.