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Meaning of "like a lamb to the slaughter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

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WHAT DOES LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of like a lamb to the slaughter in the English dictionary

The definition of like a lamb to the slaughter in the dictionary is without resistance. Other definition of like a lamb to the slaughter is innocently.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

like a bat out of hell
like a bird
like a blue-arsed fly
like a bomb
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a charm
like a dog´s dinner
like a dose of salts
like a fish out of water
like a headless chicken
like a house on fire
like a log
like a pakapoo ticket
like a shag on a rock
like a shot
like a ton of bricks
like anything
like billyo
like cat and dog
like clockwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

all-nighter
cigarette lighter
daughter
fighter
firefighter
freedom fighter
freighter
gas lighter
granddaughter
highlighter
involuntary manslaughter
jet fighter
laughter
lighter
manslaughter
overnighter
prizefighter
Richter
righter
slaughter
stepdaughter

Synonyms and antonyms of like a lamb to the slaughter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «like a lamb to the slaughter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

Find out the translation of like a lamb to the slaughter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of like a lamb to the slaughter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «like a lamb to the slaughter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

如同羊羔来宰杀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

como un cordero a la masacre
570 millions of speakers

English

like a lamb to the slaughter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वध करने के लिए एक मेमने की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل تساق إلى الذبح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

как агнец на заклание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

como um cordeiro ao matadouro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্যার জন্য একটি মেষশাবকের মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comme un agneau à l´abattoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti anak domba ke penyembelihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wie ein Lamm zur Schlachtbank
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

虐殺の子羊のように
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도살장에 끌려가는 어린 양과 같이 가노
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya cempe menyang pembantaian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

như một con chiên đến hàng làm thịt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படுகொலைக்கான ஒரு ஆட்டுக்குட்டியைப்போல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कत्तल करण्यासाठी कोकरूप्रमाणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Katliam için bir kuzu gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

come un agnello al macello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Jak baranek na rzeź
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

як ягня на заклання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ca un miel la tăiere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαν αρνί στη σφαγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soos ´n lam wat na die slagplek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

som ett lamm till slakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

som et lam til slakterbenken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of like a lamb to the slaughter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER»

The term «like a lamb to the slaughter» is regularly used and occupies the 88.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about like a lamb to the slaughter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER»

Discover the use of like a lamb to the slaughter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to like a lamb to the slaughter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Proverbial Bernard Shaw: An Index to Proverbs in the ...
186, 1909) His reasons for going 'like a lamb to the slaughter' instead of saving himself as Mahomet did, become quite clear. (130, p. 339, 1913) ANDROCLES: You must go as a lamb to the slaughter. (130, p. 460, 1913) It is a sickening ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 1994
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Michael Jackson. Lamb to the Slaughter. «A Deep Journey ...
Michael Jackson is dead. Killed. Like an innocent who gets involved in the chaos of a war he doesn't belong to. Like a mockingbird who only wants to keep on singing. Like a Lamb to the Slaughter. Chapter V "A simple Human Being" "Who ...
Alessandra Gianoglio, 2012
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... name for Christ • like a lamb to the slaughter If a person does something or goes somewhere like a lamb to the slaughter, they do it without knowing that something bad is going to happen and therefore act calmly and without fighting against ...
‎2008
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Anglické obrazné fráze a idiomy - English as easy as ABC
like a lamb to the slaughter/slaughter-house – jako jehně určené kporážce “Most of the time tourists to that beautiful but very poor island are like lambs to the slaughter; they are always being robbed and attacked.” GOAT – as sure-footed as a ...
Gulland Daphne M., 2011
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To go like a lamb to the slaughter (MP 358) 1911 He was the lamb led to slaughter. (III, 1994) The Complete Short Stories of Jack London, 3 vols. Ed. Earle Labor et al. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 1993. 1930 He went like a lamb.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Untitled
A a young sheep, or the flesh of a young sheep eaten as meat: lambs gambolling about in the fields * lamb chops * roast lamb cSee also mutton "idioms Lamb of God in the Christian religion, a name for Christ . like a lamb to the slaughter If a ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
This simile appeared in Latin nearly 2,000 years ago, and in English about the year 1500. like a fish out of water 9 See FIsH OUT OF WATER. like a house afire 9 See under GET ALONG, def. 1. like a lamb to the slaughter Also, as lambs ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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The Christian helper: or Gospel sermons for congregations ...
Was it Isaiah himself who was led like a lamb to the slaughter ] or was it some other man 1 To meet and answer this doubt, Philip commenced to speak. " He began at the same scripture, and preached, unto him JESUS." Why did he preach  ...
Alonzo Amos Miner, Abel Charles Thomas, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, 1857
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The Scottish Christian Herald
And when at last he came to die, by the hands of his cruel and unjust enemies, he went quietly to his cross, like a lamb to the slaughter ; becsnse he well knew that thus the earliest, propheies, and thu> the divine counsels concerning mat's ...
‎1836
10
Homilies on Numbers
... just as our lord and savior was led “like a lamb to the slaughter,”9 and was offered on the altar as a sacrifice, and gave remission of sins to the whole world, so perhaps also the blood of other saints and just men, “which was poured out from ...
Origen,, Christopher A. Hall, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term like a lamb to the slaughter is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Fox Hunting Phone-In
But today, like a lamb to the slaughter, I found myself at 10.07 on a Sunday morning defending the rights of those who like to hunt foxes with ... «LBC 97.3, Jul 15»
2
Where were the Twelve Apostles when Joseph and Hyrum Smith …
"I am going like a lamb to the slaughter," the Prophet Joseph Smith had stated when he left his beloved Nauvoo, Illinois, that morning, in the ... «Deseret News, Jun 15»
3
A cure for cellulite? Mother-of-four puts orange peel-busting …
So, like a lamb to the slaughter, I threw myself into his regime. I walked and walked. For an hour each day I went fast uphill and slow downhill. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
4
The suffering of Dustin Johnson
He was like a lamb to the slaughter. I left him for the golden child, because I couldn't stand to watch. *. Alongside the holes, we walked like ... «GolfDigest.com, Jun 15»
5
Like a lamb to the slaughter
If Prince Ndlovu, the No 1 contender for the SA featherweight title, lasts more than six rounds against Oscar Chauke tomorrow night, the ... «Sowetan Live, Jun 15»
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E3 2015: Hands-On with 2016's Tom Clancy's The Division
Like a lamb to the slaughter, I'm herded into a nine-person gaggle of gaming critics. This number gets split into four teams, each lead by its own ... «AusGamers, Jun 15»
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Blame for Offaly demise can't fall solely on Brian Whelehan
... and when the county came calling two years ago Whelahan stepped forward once more, little did he know he was like a lamb to the slaughter ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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Vitalia Diatchenko - Maria Sharapova Live
At 40-0 it looks like a lamb to the slaughter but Diatchenko fights back and just misses out on deuce with a forehand that skips into the left-hand tramline she is ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, May 15»
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Brook v Gavin: Kevin Mitchell faces Jorge Linares in his third shot at …
... his way to the ring in his customary garb of a gladiator helmet, the locals did their best to make him feel like a lamb to the slaughter... but there ... «SkySports, May 15»
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Norman Lamb Confirms Lib Dem Leadership Bid
Like a Lamb to the slaughter - the party is finished thanks to Clegg. FlagShare. 2 haveaniceday1 ... Like a Lamb to the slaughter! FlagShare. «Sky News, May 15»

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