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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > scapegoat
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['skeɪpgəʊt]1) Общая лексика: козёл отпущения2) Религия: козёл для отпущения, (In the Old Testament ritual of Yom Kippur, a goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. Lv:16:8-10) козёл отпущения3) Кулинария: коза отпущения -
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[`skeɪpgəʊt]козел отпущенияАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > scapegoat
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Козёл отпущенияDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Scapegoat
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['skeɪpgəut] 1. сущ. 2. гл.делать козла отпущения (из кого-л.) -
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n козёл отпущенияСинонимический ряд:1. fall guy (noun) fall guy; goat; patsy; whipping boy2. object of ridicule (noun) butt; dupe; fool; object of ridicule; sap; sucker; victim -
16 scapegoat (In the Old Testament ritual of Yom Kippur, a goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. Lv:16:8-10)
Религия: козёл отпущенияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > scapegoat (In the Old Testament ritual of Yom Kippur, a goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. Lv:16:8-10)
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козел отпущенияThe company director claimed that with his dismissal he had been made a scapegoat for the financial mismanagement of other members of the board.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a scapegoat
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18 (the) be find a scapegoat
the be/to make smb/to find a scapegoat быть козлом отпущения. /сделать кого-либо козлом отпущения. /найти козла отпущенияEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) be find a scapegoat
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19 Azazel (In Jewish legends, a demon or evil spirit to whom, in the ancient rite of Yom Kippur, a scapegoat was sent bearing the sins of the Jewish people)
Религия: АзазелУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Azazel (In Jewish legends, a demon or evil spirit to whom, in the ancient rite of Yom Kippur, a scapegoat was sent bearing the sins of the Jewish people)
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Разговорное выражение: стрелочник (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)
См. также в других словарях:
scapegoat — Ⅰ. scapegoat UK US /ˈskeɪpgəʊt/ noun [C] ► a person or thing that is blamed for something bad that someone else has done: »Politicians have used the financial sector as a scapegoat for the global economic crisis. Ⅱ. scapegoat UK US /ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/… … Financial and business terms
scapegoat — ► NOUN 1) a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings or mistakes of others. 2) (in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Leviticus, chapter 16). ► VERB ▪… … English terms dictionary
scapegoat — [skāp′gōt΄] n. [coined by TYNDALE William (1530) < SCAPE2 + GOAT, prob. from LL(Vulg.) caper emissarius, lit., emissary goat, transl. of Gr(Ec) tragos aperchomenos, departing goat, used as transl. of Heb sair laazazel < sair, he goat + l,… … English World dictionary
Scapegoat — Scape goat , n. [Scape (for escape) + goat.] 1. (Jewish Antiq.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 10. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a person or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scapegoat — (n.) 1530, goat sent into the wilderness on the Day of Atonement, symbolic bearer of the sins of the people, coined by Tyndale from SCAPE (Cf. scape) (n.) + GOAT (Cf. goat) to translate L. caper emissarius, itself a translation in Vulgate of… … Etymology dictionary
scapegoat — [n] person who takes blame for another’s action boob*, chump, doormat*, dupe, easy mark*, fall guy*, fool, goat*, gull*, mark*, patsy, pigeon*, pushover*, sacrifice, sap*, schmuck*, sitting duck*, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling; concept 412 … New thesaurus
Scapegoat — 16.The scapegoat is attested in two ritual texts in archives at Ebla of the 24th century BCE. [Ida Zatelli, The Origin of the Biblical Scapegoat Ritual: The Evidence of Two Eblaite Text , Vetus Testamentum 48.2 (April 1998:254 263).] They were… … Wikipedia
scapegoat — I UK [ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt] / US [ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt] noun [countable] Word forms scapegoat : singular scapegoat plural scapegoats someone who is blamed for something that is not their fault, especially because someone else wants to avoid being blamed scapegoat… … English dictionary
scapegoat — 1. noun /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt,ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/ a) In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed. He is making me a scapegoat. b) Someone… … Wiktionary
scapegoat — /skayp goht /, n. 1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. 2. Chiefly Biblical. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head … Universalium
scapegoat — scape|goat1 [ skeıp,gout ] noun count someone who is blamed for something that is not their fault, especially because someone else wants to avoid being blamed: scapegoat for: She is being made a scapegoat for the commission s own mistakes.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English