Usage of "fall guy" | TermGallery

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A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.

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Wars against France, the dominant power in Europe, had left their mark. 
 The Guardian 

They managed it, however, drawing the body clear of high water mark. 
 And Then There Were None 

It's understood that today will mark a new record number of deaths. 
 News.com.au 

Flee the mark of Cain, and come home... come home... come home. 
 Swan Song 

The deal would mark its second so-called securitisation deal in 18 months. 
 The Irish Times 

This government tickles that itching palm, though people know it's fool's gold. 
 The Guardian 

The wittiest person in the comedy is he that plays the fool. 
 Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote 

In my fool heart I did; and I do not know yet. 
 Son of Power 

But fool I am; for I am in love with another woman. 
 Two Years Ago, Volume II. 

I was a fool to stop the motor; did it without thinking. 
 My Friend the Chauffeur 

Timing the stock market is mug's game, as Maurice Pratt might say. 
 The Irish Times 

A few minutes later Patricia handed me a mug of hot chocolate. 
 Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival 

The city police are putting their own list of mug shots together. 
 Mine 

I stared into my mug, rethinking my decision to delay going home. 
 Bones to Ashes 

Yet she remains bitter about the public posting of her mug shot. 
 Reuters 

But you still needed a patsy, and that's where I came in. 
 The burglar who traded ted williams 

Nobody takes our Rachel for any sort of patsy to the patriarchy. 
 The Irish Times 

Warden Morgan wasn't the only one being set up as a patsy. 
 Turn coat 

Our Emma didn't earn her reputation in Denver by being anybody's patsy. 
 Do you take this rebel? 

Woller's making you the patsy for this, and you know that, too. 
 Little Fuzzy 

Having secured the sucker, the blacks farm it in their haphazard fashion. 
 The Confessions of a Beachcomber 

I'd be a sucker, the biggest sucker in the Gar-hole, Chickie bird. 
 At the Foot of the Rainbow 

The goat sucker makes darts through the air and calls down rain. 
 Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor... 

Then it is easily seen that it swims with the sucker uppermost. 
 The Confessions of a Beachcomber 

The sucker looked at them and declared that he believed they were. 
 Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi 

In time the gull will flap its wings; the airplane never does. 
 The Thunder Bird 

The other offers no trouble, however; it is busy with the gull. 
 The drawing of the three 

I don't like the sound of this sea gull business at all. 
 On the Beach 

But the falcons gave battle to the gull and drove him thence. 
 Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know 

It rests on the edge of the water, like a grey gull. 
 Legends of Vancouver 

That smirk said Nick was a chump, a wuss, a regular fucktard. 
 The Child Thief 

I'm no chump; I know a good thing when I see it. 
 Under the Skylights 

People like me would always be chump change to people like her. 
 Something from the nightside 

Only got one Failure to Appear yesterday, and it's strictly chump change. 
 Three to get deadly and four to score 

How about chump chops? said the phrasemonger with an air of inspiration. 
 The History of Mr. Polly 

The hobby of the next master was slow motions with soft touch. 
 Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers 

Pfff.' In strolls Cat and immediately recognizes Suga as a soft touch. 
 Number9Dream 

Can't have people thinking I'm a soft touch, I hope you understand.' 
 The Pilo Family Circus 

Now he could hear the feather- soft touch of insect feet against stone. 
 Dark Universe 

Then, in his extremity, he felt a soft touch upon his arm. 
 Peak and Prairie / From a Colorado Sketch-book 

Uso de fall guy en inglés

The two 'brothers' know just who to use as their fall guy. 
 The South African 

Also read: Irrelevant Currie Cup is the fall guy in convoluted season 
 The South African 

In that sense, as well as others, Sagan is the fall guy. 
 The Guardian 

It is likely Matt Doherty didn't mean to be the fall guy. 
 Independent.ie 

It'd been improvised, essentially, bringing in Duncan's client as the fall guy. 
 Blind Man's Alley 

The ultimate sucker and fall guy, and the real girlfriend from Hell. 
 Hex and the city 

Storm said, Yes, the weakest player is always the fall guy. 
 A Brewing Storm 

Morrison wanted me in there as a fall guy for Thursday night, right? 
 Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor 

We're a brand-new team, and I'm the fall guy if anything goes wrong. 
 Evanly bodies 

The aftermath As ever with England, there needs to be a fall guy. 
 The Guardian 

The great escape from Rickie Fowler, with Shane Lowry as the fall guy! 
 The Irish Times 

Arsenal swerve from sublime to ridiculous, and Wenger is usually the fall guy. 
 The South African 

If I make the decision then I'm the fall guy whichever way it goes. 
 City of lies 

So often he has been the fall guy for the capital club this season. 
 BBC 

Whatever the television companies may think, Chelsea are unwilling to play the fall guy. 
 The Irish Times 

He thinks I'm the fall guy, and went off chuckling. 
 The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance 

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