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
Carney	['ka:ni]
Ciriaco	chee-ree-AH-ko (Italian), thee-ree-AH-ko (Spanish), see-ree-AH-ko (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Sebastiaan	sə-BAHS-tee-ah:n	Dutch
Marcellina	-	Ancient Roman
Kleio	-	Greek Mythology
Evelyn	EV-ə-lin (English), EV-lin (English)	English, German