英语词汇“throw sb to the dogs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to allow someone to be criticized or attacked, often in order to protect yourself from being criticized or attacked:

I really felt as if I'd been thrown to the dogs just to save other people's reputations.

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Disapproving & criticizing

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单词	throw sb to the dogs
释义	English throw sb to the dogs to allow someone to be criticized or attacked, often in order to protect yourself from being criticized or attacked: I really felt as if I'd been thrown to the dogs just to save other people's reputations. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Disapproving & criticizing -basher animadversion aspersions backbite bad-mouth belabour damn damn sb with faint praise idiom denounce dig disapproval give sb hell idiom nagging pitch into sb/sth pound pound away at sth/sb *pull sth* apart put the boot in** idiom take a dim view of sth idiom throw See more results »
随便看	by nature, profession, trade by nature, profession, trade, etc. by no means by no stretch by no stretch (of the imagination) by no stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination by numbers by or under false pretences by order of by ourselves by product by proxy by reason of by reputation by return by return (of post) by return (of) post by return of post by return of post by return post by right of by rights by sheer force/weight of numbers by the book