A whipping boy Meaning in English
expression · lemma: whipping boy
التعريف
A person who is unfairly blamed or punished for the mistakes or problems caused by others.
الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة
Mainly idiomatic, used in both formal and informal contexts to mean 'scapegoat'. Common with 'be made the whipping boy', 'serve as a whipping boy'. Not gender-specific today. Do not use literally; it's figurative.
جمل نموذجية
He was made a whipping boy for the team's failure.
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Sometimes, the youngest sibling is treated as a whipping boy at home.
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She didn’t want to be a whipping boy for her boss’s mistakes.
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Whenever something goes wrong, Mark ends up as the whipping boy.
natural
Don’t let yourself be a whipping boy in the office—stand up for yourself.
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The public often looks for a whipping boy when things go bad, even if it’s not fair.
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