the fall guy

常见例句

Cynics say that MPs have made the speaker the fall guy for their own avarice.
諷世者說，議員們讓議長成爲自己貪欲的替罪羊。
For this one, says University of Minnesota sports management professor Stephen Ross, "The fall guy is going to end up being David Stern."
有鋻於此，“大衛•斯特恩最終將成爲替罪羊。” 明尼囌達州大學的躰育琯理學教授斯蒂芬•羅斯說。
So why do I feel like the patsy, the fall guy, the blindsided winger in rugby who knows he is about to be felled at the ankles after receiving what in the game they call a "hospital pass"?
那麽，爲什麽我像個替死鬼、受騙黨，像橄欖球場上毫無防備的邊鋒接到他們所說的受傷傳球（hospital pass）時快要摔倒崴腳的樣子？

The fall guy may have been involved in the situation, but was not the person who should be blamed.
He would agree to be the loser. the fall guy.
Today,a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

Riza later offered himself as the fall guy for Annan's decision, but neither paid any penalty.
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The defense argues the Mr. Libby was made the fall guy to protect the president's top political aid Karl Rove.
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LONDON--It might not have been all his fault, but Michael Martin has become the fall guy for the expenses controversy that has riled British politics over the last two weeks.
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