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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


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Whether the Chevalier de Valois lost his head, or whether he wanted to stay and study the causes of his disaster and remedy it, certain it is that he allowed himself to be led like a lamb to the slaughter.
 
 
 
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