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1 стрелочник
1) General subject: pointsman, shunter, switch-man, switchman2) Geology: switch man3) Colloquial: a fall guy, a scapegoat (Всегда виноват стрелочник. The fall guy always gets the blame.; незначительное лицо, на которое списывается вся вина за что-л. smb. who is blamed for another person's crime or mistake)4) American: switch tender5) Engineering: switchtender, trapper (обслуживающий стрелку перевода на запасный путь)6) Railway term: pointsman (pl -men), signalman, switcher, towerman7) Mining: switch-tender8) Jargon: cinder crusher, yard goose, cherry picker -
2 стрелочник
СТРЕЛОЧНИК разг.a fall guy / a scapegoat незначительное лицо, на которое списывается вся вина за что-л. sb who is blamed for another person's crime or mistakeВсегда виноват стрелочник. The fall guy always gets the blame.
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3 простак
1) General subject: Gothamite, Tom Farthing, a man of Gotham, a wise man of Gotham, coot, cuddy, cully, dupe, easy game (mark), easy meat, flat head, flatfoot, gaga, gander, gawky, goose, greener, greenhorn, gudgeon, gull, innocent, jay, jay bird, josser, lummox, moonraker, mug, noddy, oaf, one eye, one-eye, ouph, ouphe, pigeon, sap, simple, simple Simon, simple soul, simpleton, softy, spoon, spoony, suck egg, tom noddy, tom-noddy, victim, wise man of Gotham, yak, zany, easy touch, soft touch, nincompoop, ingenue2) Colloquial: clutz, flat-head, klutz, lamb, muggins, noodle, prune, simp, soft, softie, spooney, sucker3) Slang: no-brainer7) Rare: cull, green goose9) Jargon: Charley, Jeff, cheese-cloth, for the birds, lobster, mark, moocher, nerd, nurd, oofus, potato digger, schnook, scissor-bill, scissorbill, scissorsbill, suck-egg, sweet pea, wahoo, wheat, yock, smurfbrain, apple knocker, clodhopper, dirty-neck, goofus, gooney, monkey, umpchay10) Simple: juggins11) Makarov: easy mark12) Taboo: pie-eater, simple shit13) Phraseological unit: fall off the turnip truck -
4 козёл отпущения
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5 жертва
1) General subject: fatal casualty, gambit, heave offering, immolation (тж. перен.), oblation, offering, offing, prey, price, ravening (о человеке, животном), ravin (о человеке, животном), receiving end, sacrifice, victim, burnt offering (для сожжения на костре)2) Slang: piercee (тот, кому делают пирсинг)3) American: soft mark4) Religion: Eucharist, heave-offering (у древних левитов)5) Jargon: cousin, fall guy, monkey, scissor-bill, scissorbill, scissorsbill, tourist, fiend (чего-то), score, vic6) Advertising: compromise (образно)7) Makarov: a fallen sparrow, easy mark, fallen sparrow, prey ( a creature that is eaten by another) (существо, которого поедает другое существо; животные, которыми питаются другие животные)8) Christianity: benefaction (благодеяние)9) Fairy tales: wicker man -
6 излишне доверчивый человек
General subject: fall guyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > излишне доверчивый человек
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7 козёл отпущения
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8 лёгкая жертва обмана
1) General subject: fall guy2) Jargon: wet noodleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лёгкая жертва обмана
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9 одураченный
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10 оставшийся в дураках
American: fall guyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > оставшийся в дураках
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11 подставить
1) General subject: expose, get in wrong (кого-л.), move up, place, put, set, substitute, get in wrongly (кого-л.), use as the fall guy (кого-л.), cross somebody up (подвести), let sb down (подвести кого-л), pull the rug out from under someone, (кого-л.) (to) stitch up, (кого-л.) frame up, (кого-л.) set up, set someone up2) Colloquial: frame (Whose idea was it to frame me with the dead canary?), (кого-л.) screw, fit up3) Literal: set up (кого-н.)4) Mathematics: insert into, substitute in (to), plug in5) Jargon: give somebody the shaft (AmE), frack over, freck over -
12 проигравший
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13 простофиля
1) General subject: Charley, Clem, Sawney, calf, calves, cull, cully, dotterel, dupe, easy game (mark), easy meat, erk, farmer, gawk, gawky, goat, goose, gudgeon, gull, honest John, lemon, live one, mark, moonraker, mug, muggins, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, noodle, oaf, ouph, ouphe, punk, simpleton, spoon, spoony, suck egg, sucker, tomnoddy, twit, wet head, wet nose, wet-head, wet-nose, yak, zany, simple fool (You got scammed again, you simple fool!), a wise man of Gotham, easy touch, soft touch, pushover2) Zoology: pigeon3) Colloquial: clot (часто беззлобно или шутливо), coot, flat, gaby, nitwit, prune, sap, saphead, simp, sitter, soft, spooney5) Obsolete: woodcock6) General subject: mug punter8) Jargon: caravan, hon-yock, hon-yocker, honyock, jay, nougat, poop, suck-egg, yap, yock, Arnold (He's a right Arnold.), boob, cat's-paw, come on, come-on, gofer, gofor, gopher10) Makarov: innocent -
14 тот, кто расплачивается за чужие преступления
General subject: fall guyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тот, кто расплачивается за чужие преступления
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15 человек, несправедливо обвинённый
Jargon: fall guyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человек, несправедливо обвинённый
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16 Б-192
КАТИТЬ/ПОКАТИТЬ БОЧКУ на кого highly coll VP subj: human to blame s.o., charge s.o. ( usu. a person who is not at fault) with some wrongdoing (for which he is subsequently punished)X катит бочку на Y-a - X is laying (trying to lay) the blame on YX is making (trying to make) Y a scapegoat (a whipping boy, a fall guy) X is pinning (trying to pin, sticking, trying to stick) it (the blame) on Y. -
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НАШЁЛ ДУРАКА (ДУР(ОЧК)У, ДУРАКОВ)! ИЩИ ДУРАКА (ДУР(ОЧК)У, ДУРАКОВ)! НЕТ ДУРАКОВ! all highly coll, iron Interj these forms only more often this WO) used to express disagreement, one's refusal to do or believe sth.: I am not as stupid as youthey etc) thinkwhat kind of fool do you (they etc) take me for (think I am)? I'm not such a fool (as to do (believe etc) that!) find yourself (let them etc find themselves) another patsy (sucker, fall guy, dupe) Cf. tell it to the marines!(Себейкин:) Я за свое отвечаю, а за всех отвечать дураков нету! (Рощин 2). (S.:) I answer for my own work, but to answer for everybody? I'm not such a fool! (2a). -
18 М-20
МАЛЬЧИК ДЛЯ БИТЬЯ NP fixed WOa person blamed for the faults or misdeeds of otherswhipping boyfall guy. -
19 катить бочку
• КАТИТЬ/ПОКАТИТЬ БОЧКУ на кого highly coll[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to blame s.o., charge s.o. (usu. a person who is not at fault) with some wrongdoing (for which he is subsequently punished):- X катит бочку на Y-a - X is laying < trying to lay> the blame on Y;- X is making (trying to make) Y a scapegoat <a whipping boy, a fall guy>;- X is pinning <trying to pin, sticking, trying to stick> it < the blame> on Y.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > катить бочку
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20 покатить бочку
• КАТИТЬ/ПОКАТИТЬ БОЧКУ на кого highly coll[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to blame s.o., charge s.o. (usu. a person who is not at fault) with some wrongdoing (for which he is subsequently punished):- X катит бочку на Y-a - X is laying < trying to lay> the blame on Y;- X is making (trying to make) Y a scapegoat <a whipping boy, a fall guy>;- X is pinning <trying to pin, sticking, trying to stick> it < the blame> on Y.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покатить бочку
См. также в других словарях:
fall guy — ˈfall guy noun [countable] informal someone who is punished for someone else s mistakes: • Like many fall guys, he was a loyal manager who was hardly the only person to blame for his employer s troubles. * * * fall guy UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ►… … Financial and business terms
fall guy — fall guys N COUNT If someone is the fall guy, they are blamed for something which they did not do or which is not their fault. [INFORMAL] He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair. Syn: scapegoat … English dictionary
fall guy — n informal especially AmE 1.) someone who is punished for someone else s crime or mistake = ↑scapegoat ▪ Browne claims that the company was simply looking for a fall guy. 2.) someone who is easily tricked or made to seem stupid … Dictionary of contemporary English
fall guy — fall ,guy noun count INFORMAL someone who is blamed or punished for something bad that someone else has done: SCAPEGOAT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fall guy — fall′ guy n. Slang. 1) sts an easy victim 2) sts a scapegoat • Etymology: 1905–10, amer … From formal English to slang
fall guy — [n] scapegoat chopping block, dupe, patsy, pigeon, sacrifice, sap, schmuck, stooge, sucker, victim, whipping boy; concept 412 … New thesaurus
fall guy — ► NOUN informal ▪ a scapegoat … English terms dictionary
fall guy — ☆ fall guy n. Slang a person made the victim, or left to face the consequences, of a scheme that has miscarried … English World dictionary
Fall guy — A fall guy is a person used as a scapegoat to take the blame for someone else s actions, or someone at the butt of jokes. One placed in the position of fall guy is often referred to as taking the fall . In the film industry, a fall guy is a form… … Wikipedia
fall guy — noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of • Syn: ↑chump, ↑fool, ↑gull, ↑mark, ↑patsy, ↑sucker, ↑soft touch, ↑mug • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fall guy — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fall guy : singular fall guy plural fall guys informal someone who is blamed or punished for something bad that someone else has done … English dictionary