Meanings
From the short story The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton, in which a condemned man is offered two doors, one of which leads to a beautiful woman and the other to a ferocious tiger.
How to pronounce "lady or tiger":
AU
A pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes.
Example Sentences
1
He was faced with the lady or tiger situation.
2
She had to choose between the lady or tiger.
3
We don't know what the outcome of the trial will be, it's a lady or tiger situation.
4
He gambled everything on a lady or tiger decision.
5
The movie's ending left the audience wondering if it was a lady or tiger ending.
