fazer de bode expiatório — meaning in English
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English meaning
- scapegoat noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.
Senses
fazer de bode expiatório is used for these senses in English:
- scapegoat (transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
scapegoat — full definition
- noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.
- verb To unfairly blame someone for a failure.