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• throw someone to the lions — feed/throw (someone) to the lions to cause someone to be in a situation where they are criticized strongly or treated badly and to not try to protect them. No one prepared me for the audience s hostility I really felt I d been fed to the lions …   New idioms dictionary

• throw someone to the lions — cause someone to be in an extremely dangerous or unpleasant situation Origin: with reference to the throwing of Christians to the lions in Roman times …   Useful english dictionary

• feed someone to the lions — feed/throw (someone) to the lions to cause someone to be in a situation where they are criticized strongly or treated badly and to not try to protect them. No one prepared me for the audience s hostility I really felt I d been fed to the lions …   New idioms dictionary

• throw to the lions — feed/throw (someone) to the lions to cause someone to be in a situation where they are criticized strongly or treated badly and to not try to protect them. No one prepared me for the audience s hostility I really felt I d been fed to the lions …   New idioms dictionary

• feed to the lions — feed/throw (someone) to the lions to cause someone to be in a situation where they are criticized strongly or treated badly and to not try to protect them. No one prepared me for the audience s hostility I really felt I d been fed to the lions …   New idioms dictionary

• throw to the wolves — verb a) To sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself b) To remove or cast out someone or something out of ones protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators. Syn: throw to the dogs, throw to the lions …   Wiktionary

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