the fall guy

常见例句

Cynics say that MPs have made the speaker the fall guy for their own avarice.
讽世者说，议员们让议长成为自己贪欲的替罪羊。
For this one, says University of Minnesota sports management professor Stephen Ross, "The fall guy is going to end up being David Stern."
有鉴于此，“大卫•斯特恩最终将成为替罪羊。” 明尼苏达州大学的体育管理学教授斯蒂芬•罗斯说。
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"?
那么，为什么我像个替死鬼、受骗党，像橄榄球场上毫无防备的边锋接到他们所说的受伤传球（hospital pass）时快要摔倒崴脚的样子？

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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