lamb to the slaughter
Example Sentences
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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
"I was the lamb to the slaughter," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2021
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
He always told me that being tried at the Old Bailey was going like a lamb to the slaughter and that a verdict of guilty there would certainly mean twelve months' imprisonment.
From Reminiscences Of Charles Bradlaugh by Foote, G. W. (George William)
