like a lamb to the slaughter

Idioms  

1. 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.

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like a lamb to the slaughter

So she set out to reveal the magnetic yet sheltered young woman who later reportedly felt "like a lamb to the slaughter" when she entered her artfully arranged marriage.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023

"I have no desire to return like a lamb to the slaughter," the artist told the BBC by phone.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2017

He was like a lamb to the slaughter.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013

But see here, Nick," Peg went on, anxiously; "didn't you notice anything when you were leading me up here like a lamb to the slaughter?

From The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain by Carson, James

"I don't know," she answered, and at that moment Beatrice, pale and troubled, walked into the room, like a lamb to the slaughter.

From Beatrice by Haggard, Henry Rider