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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hamon	-	Medieval English
Polya	-	Bulgarian
Kestrel	KES-trəl	English (Rare)
Gauthier	-	French
JenŐ	-	Hungarian
Lysandros	-	Ancient Greek