sacrificial lambs

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Definition of sacrificial lambs in English Turkish dictionary

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sacrificial lamb

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Definition of sacrificial lambs in English English dictionary

plural form of sacrificial lamb

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sacrificial lamb

A lamb killed as an offering to the gods

sacrificial lamb

A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause

sacrificial lamb

If you refer to someone as a sacrificial lamb, you mean that they have been blamed unfairly for something they did not do, usually in order to protect another more powerful person or group. He was a sacrificial lamb to a system that destroyed him. = scapegoat

Hyphenation

sac·ri·fi·cial lambs

Turkish pronunciation

säkrıfîşıl lämz

Pronunciation

/ˌsakrəˈfəsʜəl ˈlamz/ /ˌsækrəˈfɪʃəl ˈlæmz/