# March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamp
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552 "2021-03-09T20:58:50Z")
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/1 "2021-03-09T20:58:50Z")
That’s how the saying goes right? Someone said it’s ‘out like a lamb’, but that makes no sense, lambs don’t go out.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/2 "2021-03-09T21:09:01Z")
If a lion comes in, I’m guessing the lamb will at least _try_ to get out.
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### Author:  [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/3 "2021-03-09T21:10:11Z")
I’ve always heard it as “March comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb.” Not “goes out.”
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### Author:  [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/4 "2021-03-09T21:14:31Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s “March come in lying and goes out on the lam.”
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/5 "2021-03-09T21:14:40Z")
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znFY7PYomEA)
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/6 "2021-03-09T21:41:02Z")
march starts in winter and ends in spring. the way the month starts will be opposite of how it ends, according to the saying.
if march starts with storms and fury, it is like a lion. if march ends with sweet and gentle weather it is like a lamb.
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/7 "2021-03-09T21:42:29Z")
I can’t ever hear that phrase without thinking of that SNL sketch. One of Belushi’s best moments.
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### Author:  [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/8 "2021-03-09T21:59:56Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> That’s how the saying goes right? Someone said it’s ‘out like a lamb’, but that makes no sense, lambs don’t go out.
That’s a lotta sheep-dip…
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/9 "2021-03-09T22:22:09Z")
Well, if the lion _eats_ the lamb, it goes out in a slightly altered form.
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### Author:  [@velcro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velcro)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/10 "2021-03-09T22:32:23Z")
They go out to bars!
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/11 "2021-03-10T05:22:23Z")
I’ve always wondered what they say in the Southern Hemisphere. Do Aussies say September comes in like a Tasmanian Devil and goes out like an emu?
(Belushi may have hit upon something there.)
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/12 "2021-03-10T09:46:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> That’s how the saying goes right? Someone said it’s ‘out like a lamb’, but that makes no sense, lambs don’t go out
If this is a serious question, the answer is that March weather is wild like a lion at the start(comes in), but ends up mild like a lamb when it ends(goes out).
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/13 "2021-03-10T14:23:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> If this is a serious question, the answer is that March weather is wild like a lion at the start(comes in), but ends up mild like a lamb when it ends(goes out).
The way I always heard it, it was that _if_ March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb; and if it comes in like a lamb, it will go out like a lion. I.e. it’s a folk wisdom way of predicting the weather, in the same category as “If the groundhog sees his shadow…”
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### Author:  [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-comes-in-like-a-lion-and-goes-out-like-a-lamp/937552/14 "2021-03-10T14:43:40Z")
If it goes out like a lamp, then it needs to come in like a line.
Fortunately the days are getting longer by the time it goes out.