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
Kuno	KOO-no (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Tuukka	-	Finnish
Mohinder	-	Indian (Sikh)
Nadzieja	nah-JAY-ah	Polish
Anstie	['ænsti]
Emem	-	Western African, Ibibio