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
Daud-Indonesian, Arabic
JoordYO:RTDutch
Swift[swift]
DorcasDAWR-kəs (English)Biblical
Nataliyanah-TAH-lee-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
Ghoncheh-Persian