APAD: Lamb to the slaughter

Meaning: In an unconcerned manner - unaware of the impending catastrophe.

 

Background:

 

From the Bible (King James Version),

 

- Jeremiah 11:19:

  But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that

  they had devised plots against me, {saying,} "Let us destroy the tree with

  its fruit, And let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his

  name be remembered no more." and

 

- Isaiah 53:7:

  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is

  brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is

  dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

 

In addition to lambs, other verses in the Bible has other animals going 'to the

slaughter', that is, oxen, bullocks and sheep. The allusion to the especial

helplessness of lambs was made use of in the 1991 film The Silence of The Lambs.

 

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The allusion in the movie "The Silence of The Lambs" is obvious once Martin

mentioned it. I remember, however, the phrase appears verbatium in the film

"About A Boy."

 

Fiona (the boy's mom): What do you have to say for yourself? Well?

 

Will (played by Hugh Grant): Don't "well" me. Don't "well" me about this, for

     Christ's sake! He comes over uninvited every night of the week! And do you

     know why?  Because he's having the sh*t bullied out of him at school! And

     you haven't got a clue. You're sending him out there like a lamb to the

     slaughter! He's been taken to pieces every day of the week, you daft,

     f*cking hippie!

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• watched The SilenceofTheLambs long time ago, -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 09:24:02

• Foster was so young then ... -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 09:24:43

• Any favorite lines? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 09:44:31

• a scary 1: "Well, Clarice,have the lambs stopped screaming? -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 09:55:16

• That's toward the end, isn't it? I remembered best "the -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:03:18

• significance of the moth is change." and "quid pro quo" -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:03:50

• 大难临头却全然不知，待宰的羔羊！学习了，谢谢分享。 -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 09:43:22

• Yes. Like the German Jews before WWII. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 09:48:51

• I 1s Q my bible mentor, we call God our sheppard. Is the -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:27:57

• lambs' fate any different in hands of sheppard or wolf? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:29:51

• Can I say the difference are aware or unaware slaughtering? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:31:14

• What was their answer? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 13:44:25

• They detoured:-)))) , nuts that I am -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 14:23:38

• detour==回避直接答复？Maybe they started to have second thoughts -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 15:13:03

• after pondering on such a deep question :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 15:15:10

• they turned2 sth else. I understood asking noQ hearing no ly -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/06/2024 postreply 04:55:10

• 人为刀俎我为鱼肉 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:39:47

• 羊肉 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 10:55:37

• 你的脑子太快：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 11:29:27

• Lamb to the slaughter unaware of the impending catastrophe. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2024 postreply 20:13:26