Tag: pass the buck
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Scapegoat
Word of the Day: Scapegoat Whatever happened to the good old days when people took responsibility for their actions? I don’t think they ever existed. It’s human nature to pass the buck onto the closest person and make them the scapegoat. A scapegoat, you see, is the person we make shoulder the blame for our…
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Pass the buck
Idiom: Pass the buck At first glance, pass the buck may sound like a fun game. Perhaps it would be something similar to ‘hot potato’ where you have to pass something between players, and whoever drops it is out. Unfortunately, passing the buck is sort of like that, but there’s not much fun involved at…
