to allow someone to be criticized or attacked, often in order to protect yourself from being criticized or attacked اصطلاح/ کسی را قربانی منافع و مصالح خود کردن، کسی را سپر بلای خود کردن، اجازه دادن کسی مورد انتقاد حمله قرار گیرد، تا خود از حمله و انتقاد مصون باشید ... [مشاهده متن کامل]
I really felt as if I'd been thrown to the dogs just to save other people's reputations “I can’t believe you threw me to the dogs like that. I thought we were friends” The company’s CEO threw his employees to the dogs by cutting their benefits and bonuses She felt like she had been thrown to the dogs when her colleagues criticized her in front of the boss