It indicates that the dreamer could not evaluate the opportunities correctly due to his cowardly and timid attitudes, and therefore he could not get rid of the troubled situation he was in. People who see that they are running away from the lion make wrong marriages or work in jobs that do not fit their personality and become unhappy. The dream, which indicates that one looks at life with blinders and cannot catch the opportunities that life offers to him, carries a warning sign for the person to have a depressive mood and to get rid of his laziness.