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    Do you know how to translate this idiom into Spanish?

    "You throw me to the wolves!"

    Thanks!

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    throw
    sb. to the wolves Fig. to sacrifice someone to save the rest;
    to abandon someone to harm. (Fig. on the image of giving one
    person to the wolves to eat so the rest can get away.)
     The investigation
    was going to be rigorous and unpleasant, and I could see

    they were going to throw someone to the wolves.

    Escuché frases como:

    - Me arrojaste al fuego
    - Me arrojaste a los lobos
    - Me sacrificaste
    - Me entregaste

    Hope it helps, but wait for others' opinions

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    Quote Originally Posted by mem286
    throw
    sb. to the wolves Fig. to sacrifice someone to save the rest;
    to abandon someone to harm. (Fig. on the image of giving one
    person to the wolves to eat so the rest can get away.)
     The investigation
    was going to be rigorous and unpleasant, and I could see


    they were going to throw someone to the wolves.

    Escuché frases como:

    - Me arrojaste al fuego
    - Me arrojaste a los lobos
    - Me sacrificaste
    - Me entregaste

    Hope it helps, but wait for others' opinions

    Mem is correct:

    It means to sacrifice somebody else to save your own skin.


    What about: "Me sacrifices a los lobos"
    vicente

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    A little context would help, but how about "Me utilizaste como chivo expiatorio" ???? Hope it helps


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    En España usamos la siguiente:

    me pones a los pies de los caballos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by exxcéntrica
    En España usamos la siguiente:

    me pones a los pies de los caballos.
    How interesting Exx! I had never heard that!

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    En México diríamos:

    "Me mandas a la guerra sin fusil",

    aunque es muy coloquial y no conlleva la idea de sacrificar a uno para salvar a los demás.

    Ojalá sirva esta propuesta.

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