English Dictionary

sacrificial lamb

名詞

広義 比喩的用法

A lamb killed as an offering to the gods. / (figuratively, by extension) A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause.

日本語の意味

神々への供物として殺された子羊 / 比喩的に、ある大義のために犠牲にされた人

The villagers prepared a sacrificial lamb before dawn to appease the harvest gods.

村人たちは収穫の神々の機嫌を取るため、夜明け前に生贄の子羊を用意した。

意味（1）

A lamb killed as an offering to the gods.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause.

sacrificial lambs （ plural ）