scapegoat in Russian
scapegoat in Russian
козёл отпуще́ния
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
козёл отпущения
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
козёл отпуще́ния
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
крайний
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
ма́льчик для битья́
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
стре́лочник
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
де́лать козлом отпущения
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.