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throw to the wolves |
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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 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 |
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