lamb to the slaughter
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The paper attacked selection "stuff-ups", too, criticising the inclusion of Cooper Connolly as being like "throwing a lamb to the slaughter".
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
So she set out to reveal the magnetic yet sheltered young woman who later reportedly felt "like a lamb to the slaughter" when she entered her artfully arranged marriage.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
The resulting scenes are painful: Diana really does come across as a lamb to the slaughter, a description she once used of herself.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2020
"I have no desire to return like a lamb to the slaughter," the artist told the BBC by phone.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2017
"He is led as a lamb to the slaughter."
From John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
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