| 词汇 | throw someone to the wolves |
| 释义 | Idiom throw someone to the wolves Theme: SACRIFICE to (figuratively) sacrifice someone.The press was demanding an explanation, so the mayor blamed the mess on John and threw him to the wolves.I wouldn't let them throw me to the wolves! I did nothing wrong, and I won't take the blame for their errors. Idiom throw someone to the wolvesthrow (someone) to the wolves British, American & Australian, Australian 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 warned me what sort of people I would be dealing with. I felt I'd been thrown to the wolves. throw (one) to the wolvesTo put one in the position to be the recipient of blame, trouble, or criticism, often that which was intended for oneself. Tommy was caught with the marijuana in his backpack, but he threw me to the wolves and said it was mine. Our manager never hesitates to throw an underling to the wolves when something goes wrong in the office. throw someone to the wolvesIf someone throws you to the wolves, they allow you to be criticized severely or treated badly, and they do not try to protect you. Being released into the general prison population was like being thrown to the wolves. Suddenly, aged 23, he was thrown to the wolves, and made to answer very personal and deeply insulting questions by a pack of journalists. Compare with throw someone to the lions. throw someone to the wolvesleave someone to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend them. informalThis phrase probably arose in reference to tales about packs of wolves pursuing travellers in horse-drawn sleighs, in which one person was pushed off the sleigh to allow it to go faster, so enabling the others to make their escape. 1958 Listener This able and agreeable doctor was thrown to the wolves by a Prime Minister who had good reason to know that his own position was desperate. |
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