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1 козел отпущения
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2 мальчик для битья
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3 мальчик для битья
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4 мальчик для битья
whipping boy, scapegoat -
5 К-165
КОЗЁЛ ОТПУЩЕНИЯ NP fixed WOa person (or group) blamed for the faults or misdeeds of othersscapegoatwhipping boy.Они узаконивали беззаконие, наши песенные двадцатые годы. Поиски козлов отпущения становились привычны (Свирский 1). They legalized illegality, our much-vaunted twenties. It became customary to look for scapegoats (1a).Говорили, что бериевцы то ли между собой, то ли с кем-то из обслуги судачили: «Ну, что Лаврентий Павлович? Будто он один, а другие, нынешние, ни при чём? Все решения были общие. Просто нужен был козёл отпущения!» (Марченко 1). They also said that the Beria men had been heard to say, either among themselves or to someone doing orderly duty: "Well, what about Lavrenty Beria? Do you think he was the only one and that those men up there now had nothing to do with it? All decisions were taken unanimously. He's just the one they used as a whipping boy!" (1a).From an ancient Jewish rite described in the Bible. On Yom Kippur the high priest laid his hands on the head of a goat, symbolically transferring the sins of the people to it, and then let the goat loose in the wilderness (Lev. 16:5-22). -
6 козел отпущения
[NP; fixed WO]=====⇒ a person (or group) blamed for the faults or misdeeds of others:- scapegoat;- whipping boy.♦ Они узаконивали беззаконие, наши песенные двадцатые годы. Поиски козлов отпущения становились привычны (Свирский 1). They legalized illegality, our much-vaunted twenties. It became customary to look for scapegoats (1a).♦ Говорили, что бериевцы то ли между собой, то ли с кем-то из обслуги судачили: "Ну, что Лаврентий Павлович? Будто он один, а другие, нынешние, ни при чём? Все решения были общие. Просто нужен был козел отпущения!" (Марченко 1). They also said that the Beria men had been heard to say, either among themselves or to someone doing orderly duty: "Well, what about Lavrenty Beria? Do you think he was the only one and that those men up there now had nothing to do with it? All decisions were taken unanimously. He's just the one they used as a whipping boy!" (1a).—————← From an ancient Jewish rite described in the Bible. On Yom Kippur the high priest laid his hands on the head of a goat, symbolically transferring the sins of the people to it, and then let the goat loose in the wilderness (Lev. 16:5 - 22).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > козел отпущения
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7 вешать собак
прост., неодобр.hang (pin) smth. on smb.; pin the blame on smb.; point the finger at smb.; treat smb. like a whipping-boyЧем больше работаешь, чем больше делаешь, тем больше на тебя собак вешают. (В. Финк, Литературные воспоминания) — The more you work and try to do your best the more they treat you like a whipping-boy.
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8 мальчик
м.1) (ребёнок, юноша) boy, lad2) уст. ( ученик в торговом предприятии) apprentice••ма́льчик на побегу́шках — gofer
ма́льчик для битья́ — whipping boy
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9 мальчик для битья
1) General subject: whipping boy2) Sports: journeyman -
10 мальчик для битья
1) General subject: whipping boy2) Sports: journeyman -
11 мальчик, воспитывающийся вместе с принцем и подвергающийся порке за провинности принца
History: whipping boyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мальчик, воспитывающийся вместе с принцем и подвергающийся порке за провинности принца
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12 оказаться крайним
Graphic expression: become a whipping boy -
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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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МАЛЬЧИК ДЛЯ БИТЬЯ NP fixed WOa person blamed for the faults or misdeeds of otherswhipping boyfall guy. -
15 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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16 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
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17 мальчик для битья
[NP; fixed WO]=====⇒ a person blamed for the faults or misdeeds of others:- whipping boy;- fall guy.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мальчик для битья
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18 мальчик для битья
(человек, несущий наказание за чужую вину) whipping boy -
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м.1) ж.-д. switchman, pointsman2) ирон. (человек, на которого сваливают вину) ≈ whipping boy, scapegoatвинова́т оказа́лся стре́лочник — the little man got the blame
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20 козёл
козёл отпущения — scapegoat, whipping boy
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