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lambs to the slaughter

1) This phrase refers to any event where innocent person(s) were taken quietly and unassumingly to their deaths without the people who know them discovering about it until after it happened. 2) It is also a short story by Roald Dahl, the author of charlie and the chocolate factory.

"The Jews were lead to the showers like lambs to the slaughter during WWII" "At Gethsemane, Christ knew he had to be led like a lamb to the sluaghter"

by Gumba Gumba March 10, 2004

lambs to the slaughter

A person accepting punishment/harm with dignity, without crying out, as Jesus was during his crucifixion.

He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.

by EJL March 31, 2004

lambs to the slaughter

the definition of the phrase lambs to the slaughter is that you play among us without knowing there is an impostor

he went around and did his tasks not suspecting his death to be around the corner lambs to the slaughter

by dudesup123 October 14, 2020

like a lamb to slaughter

to o something not knowing something bad is going to happen

hey bub your going to wrestle like a lamb to slaughter

by i m not jeff September 28, 2017

lamb to slaughter line

Lamb to slaughter line refers an unsatisfying or dead-end job that seems like it would lead you to your death.

I have to get home before morning because I have to go my lamb to slaughter line.

by spen53 March 29, 2018

lambs to the cosmic slaughter

A group of people being sent into a situation where they're completely vulnerable, usually without realizing the danger that they're being in, like lambs being brought to slaughter.

Person: "STOP! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Person 2: "GET OVER HERE!" Person (in group): "LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU'RE DRAGGING US TO THIS PLACE LIKE LAMBS TO THE COSMIC SLAUGHTER!"

by Brainless Maniac January 01, 2025