throw or[feed one to the wolves] {v. phr.} 1. To turn someone into a scapegoat. * /In order to explain the situation to the media, the governor blamed the mayor and threw him to the wolves./ 2. To send into danger without protection. * /Mary was very shy. Her friends did not come to speak before the club in her place. They threw her to the wolves./ * /The boys on the football team were so small that when they played a good team they were thrown to the wolves./