| 单词 | thrown to the lions |
| 释义 | thrown to the lionsFiguratively, to be thrown to the lions is to be placed in a difficult situation for which one is completely unprepared: “To put that new teacher in front of those unruly students is to throw her to the lions.” During the Roman persecutions, Christians (see also Christian) were thrown to the lions in the Colosseum. Words nearby thrown to the lionsthrow in the sponge, throw in the towel, throw light on, thrown, thrown silk, thrown to the lions, throw off, throw off balance, throw off the track, throw oneself at, throw oneself into The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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