Wiktionary
alt. (context simile English) helplessly and innocently, without knowing the unpleasant consequences. prep.phr. (context simile English) helplessly and innocently, without knowing the unpleasant consequences.
Usage examples of "like a lamb to the slaughter".
MacDonald got up and walked slowly back into the house where Maria was waiting to be led like a lamb to the slaughter, if only he would act his part.
He watched his wife being led unresisting toward the dwarf and the bed like a lamb to the slaughter and he could not help.
Then Ellis flunked his exams and got thrown out of college and therefore was drafted, and instead of going to Canada or Sweden he went to the draft office, like a lamb to the slaughter, surprising the hell out of everyone except Gill, who knew by then that the marriage was not going to work and was just waiting to see how Ellis would make his escape.
She had been sent in like a lamb to the slaughter, and she was lucky to be alive.
Or they'd let you lead a fat ship in like a lamb to the slaughter, and then they'd fall on you both.
But Romanus was no sheep, nor had he allowed himself to be led like a lamb to the slaughter.