内うち弁べん慶けい

noun

lion at home, mouse abroad

Describes a person who is domineering or boastful at home but timid and reserved outside. Often used critically or humorously.

• 彼かれは内うち弁べん慶けいで、家いえでは威い張ばっているが外そとではおとなしい。

  He's a lion at home and a mouse abroad: bossy at home but meek outside.

• うちの子こは内うち弁べん慶けいで、学がっ校こうでは全ぜん然ぜんしゃべらない。

  My child is a home tyrant; at school they don't talk at all.