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like a lamb to the slaughter

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like a lamb to the slaughter

something that you say about someone who does something or goes somewhere calmly and happily, not knowing that something unpleasant is going to happen to them

Usage notes: This phrase comes from the Bible. The slaughter is the time when animals are killed for their meat.

Here comes the bride, like a lamb to the slaughter.

See also: lamb, like, slaughter

like a lamb to the slaughter

Also, as lambs to the slaughter. Innocently and helplessly, without realizing the danger. For example, She agreed to appeal to the board, little knowing she would go like a lamb to the slaughter . This expression appears in several biblical books (Isaiah, Jeremiah), and the simile itself was used by Chaucer.

See also: lamb, like, slaughter