whipping boy

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Определение whipping boy в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

şamar oğlanı

Onların sadece bir şamar oğlanına ihtiyacı var. - They simply need a whipping boy.

prensin yerine cezalandırılan çocuk

Связанные Термины

the whipping boy

(Konuşma Dili) şamar oğlanı

a whipping boy

(Konuşma Dili) günah keçisi

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Определение whipping boy в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Slang. Something that is blamed for the problems of a given society

Someone punished for the errors of others

As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat..

If someone or something is a whipping boy for a particular situation, they get all the blame for it. He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime. = scapegoat. someone or something that is blamed for someone else's mistakes = scapegoat

Связанные Термины

whipping boys

plural form of whipping boy

Расстановка переносов

whip·ping boy

Турецкое произношение

hwîpîng boy

Синонимы

scapegoat, chopping block, dupe, fall guy, goat, mark, patsy, sacrifice, sucker, target, victim

Произношение

/ˈhwəpəɴɢ ˈboi/ /ˈhwɪpɪŋ ˈbɔɪ/

Этимология

() Middle English wippen "flap violently", from Proto-Germanic wipp-, from Proto-Indo-European wib- "move quickly". Whipping boy first recorded 1647.