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
Justine	[dʒə'sti:n]
Mitxel	-	Basque
Mirko	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Italian
Abacuc	-	Biblical Latin
LuboŠ	-	Czech
Jodocus	yo-DO-kəs (Dutch)	Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Celtic (Latinized)