1 general:: Phrase(s): like lambs to the slaughter [and] like a lamb to the slaughter Fig. quietly and without seeming to realize the likely difficulties or dangers of a situation. • Young men fighting in World War I simply went like lambs to the slaughter. • Our team went on the football field like lambs to the slaughter to meet the league-leaders.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs