英语词组throw someone to the wolves是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

throw someone to the wolves leave someone to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend them. informal

☞ This phrase probably arose in reference to tales about packs of wolves pursuing travellers in horse-drawn sleighs, in which one person was pushed off the sleigh to allow it to go faster, so enabling the others to make their escape.

1958Listener This able and agreeable doctor was thrown to the wolves by a Prime Minister who had good reason to know that his own position was desperate.

词组	throw someone to the wolves
释义	throw someone to the wolves leave someone to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend them. informal ☞ This phrase probably arose in reference to tales about packs of wolves pursuing travellers in horse-drawn sleighs, in which one person was pushed off the sleigh to allow it to go faster, so enabling the others to make their escape. 1958Listener This able and agreeable doctor was thrown to the wolves by a Prime Minister who had good reason to know that his own position was desperate.
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