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Meanings of whipping boy in английском

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Someone who is punished for the errors of others.

        bode expiatório

        A person who is continually target of mean jokes and/or bad treatment and towards whom anger is directed.

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              Examples for "scapegoat"
              Examples for "scapegoat"
              1
              Roy was a great scapegoat last time, why not use him again?
              The skin trade
              2
              The violence in Tahrir wasn't the only act justified with this scapegoat.
              The Guardian
              3
              Schettino denied the charges and said he was being made a scapegoat.
              Radio NZ
              4
              Lopez says he is being made a scapegoat by a dictatorial government.
              Reuters
              5
              But a scapegoat was needed, and Kelvin was ideal for the purpose.
              Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
              Usage of whipping boy in английском
              1
              The NRA is reluctant to become a whipping boy for Government failures.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Not to mention being Sadie's whipping boy, he confessed, his voice harsh.
              Darkness unleashed
              3
              Yet he's become a whipping boy as election day approaches.
              Wired
              4
              I know why he suffered through being Warner's whipping boy.
              Shatter Me
              5
              Unsurprisingly, Trenberth is a favorite whipping boy for climate skeptics.
              Wired
              6
              By now, the global ticket-selling giant is probably accustomed to its whipping boy status.
              The Irish Times
              7
              These problems need much larger solutions, and PMQs shouldn't become the whipping boy for them.
              The Guardian
              8
              Daniel said: Nick Clegg has become a whipping boy.
              The Guardian
              9
              That's why you can't use the Abu Sayyaf as a whipping boy in the south.
              Reuters
              10
              Since Irish fiscal policy began, capital spending has been the whipping boy for current expenditure.
              The Irish Times
              11
              Everyone's favorite cinematic whipping boy, Uwe Boll, bottomed out with four movies on the list.
              Wired
              12
              Darius Boyd has been the whipping boy in Brisbane for the past couple of seasons.
              News.com.au
              13
              Sure, Moussa Sissoko is the main whipping boy at White Hart Lane at the moment.
              The Guardian
              14
              Clearly, I was going to be everybody's whipping boy tonight, a complete waste of protoplasm.
              Dexter is Delicious: A Novel
              15
              Fouts had used Terrace as a whipping boy while promoting Project Washoe and his own work.
              Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
              16
              Including Barnaby FitzPatrick, who is his whipping boy.
              The lady elizabeth
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              Translations for whipping boy
              португальский
              bode expiatório
              каталонский
              tapaforatscap de turc