to be wild-pigged

Term used when someone is naively looking forward to a new unexpected challenge, but eventually is totally overwhelmed by the difficulty and roughness of the situation.

To be wild-pigged / to wild-pig someone:

This consultancy job is wild-pigging him.

Players of FC Zbrojovka Brno were happy because of promotion to the 1st Czech football league. However, they were wild-pigged by the competition.