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blame canada	A catch phrase for shifting attention away from a serious social issue by laying responsibility with Canada.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
blame game	A situation in which people attempt to blame others rather than trying to resolve a problem.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
it takes two to tango	Some things need the active cooperation of two parties; blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
leave somebody holding the bag	To abandon somebody, leaving the responsibility or blame.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
leave someone holding the baby	To abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
throw under the bus	To betray or blame; to use as a scapegoat.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
name and shame	So as to single them out for individual blame and censure.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
culpam alicuius rei sustinere	to bear the blame of a thing.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
point the finger at	To accuse or blame.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
chalk up	To attribute, credit, or blame.	Rate it: (3.67 / 6 votes)
it takes two to tangle	Blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prises	One man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
scape goat	Using another excuse for not taking the blame.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
abesse a culpa	to be free from blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50)	to reproach, blame a person for...	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis	to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est la pelle qui se moque du fourgon	Se dit de deux personnes, également ridicules, qui se moquent l’une de l’autre, ou d’une personne qui blâme dans une autre ce qu’on pourrait reprendre en elle-même.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Cast the First Stone	To be first to blame or criticize someone, to lead the scolding over offender	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
culpa alicuius rei est in aliquo	some one is to blame in a matter; it is some one's fault.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
culpa carere, vacare	to be free from blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
culpam a se amovere	to exonerate oneself from blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere	to put the blame on another.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
extra culpam esse	to be free from blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fall guy	The one who takes the blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fall on one's sword	To voluntarily take the blame for a situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)	I blame this in you; I censure you for this.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in culpa esse	to be at fault; to blame; culpable.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in the crosshairs	Singled out for blame, harassment, or other unwanted attention.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
it takes two to make a quarrel	It takes two or more people to cause a quarrel; one cannot blame an argument entirely on the other side.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je m'en prends à vous	I lay the blame at your door.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kill the messenger	To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
leave someone holding the bag	To abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasse	Blame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
look for a dog to kick	To seek someone or something to blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on ne peut lui en vouloir	One cannot be angry with him, blame him.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pass the buck	To place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
point the finger	To accuse; to direct or imply blame.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot the messenger	To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the fall	To assume blame for oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the heat	To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wash one's hands of	To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
命苦不能怨政府，點背不能怨社會	One cannot blame for their misfortune with the government and the society.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)