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粵語辭叢

送羊入虎口

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將一啲易受#傷害 嘅人或者生物嘅安全放喺好有可能會傷害佢嘅人嘅手上。 (Literally "to escort a lamb into a tiger's maw", figuratively "to entrust the safety of someone vulnerable to a person who is very likely to hurt them".)

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阿松又冇力又冇膽,你叫佢去自己一支公去同嗰班人講數即係送羊入虎口㗎咋喎。

A-chung is all weak and cowardly. Now your asking him to go negotiate with those people on his own is like escorting a lamb into a tiger's maw.