Later, Dahl also used it in the title of his short story. In Jeremiah , it goes thus:. It signifies an innocent lamb that is fed at home, unsuspecting and ignorant, but is being led to slaughter. This lamb symbolizes Jeremiah , who grew up among his townsmen never suspecting that one day he would be killed.
Jeremiah is indirectly representing Jesus, who, in the face of wrongful accusations, was brought to a slaughter. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix. What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy. All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Top Definitions Quiz Examples like a lamb to the slaughter. Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English. Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. Choose your language. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content.
Cancel Submit.
0コメント