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LIKE A PIG TO (THE) SLAUGHTER

quietly or obediently, without concern for or knowledge of some danger or trouble that one is facing
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1. When I worked with Michael, he manipulated me into venturing into all sorts of shady and downright illegal ventures, like a pig to the slaughter.
2. The six employees were unaware the meetings were to tell them they'd been laid off, and they each marched down to the meeting room like a pig to slaughter.

Synonym: like a lamb to (the) slaughter.


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