feed to the lions



feed/throw somebody 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.
See also: feed, lion

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vladimira-Slovene, Croatian
Bradly['brædli]
MaitiÚMAT-yooIrish
Ioannes-Biblical Greek
Ayman-Arabic
Snorri-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic