throw to the wolves

throw 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.

See also: throw

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throw someone to the wolves

to put someone in a situation where there is nothing to protect them. Are illegal foreign workers going to be thrown to the wolves, or will we try to regulate their employers?

See also: throw