throw someone in the meat grinder
(розм.) кинути когось у м'ясорубку (напр. м'ясний штурм) (Nobody is throwing us in the meat grinder - Russians train to fight for Ukraine in volunteer training camp - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/04/11/russians-join-ukraine-siberian-battalion-lon-orig-hz.cnn)