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كيف تنطق "a whipping boy"

expression

ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈhwɪpɪŋ/, /ˈwɪpɪŋ/ /ˈbɔɪ
uh WHIP-ing boy
æɪ/ /wˈɪpɪŋ/ /bˈɔɪ
uh WIP-ing boy

التعريف

A person who is unfairly blamed or punished for the mistakes or problems caused by others.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈhwɪpɪŋ/, /ˈwɪpɪŋ/ /ˈbɔɪ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

æɪ/ /wˈɪpɪŋ/ /bˈɔɪ

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

uh WHIP-ing boy

بريطاني

uh WIP-ing boy

استمع في السياق

He was made a whipping boy for the team's failure.

Sometimes, the youngest sibling is treated as a whipping boy at home.

She didn’t want to be a whipping boy for her boss’s mistakes.

Whenever something goes wrong, Mark ends up as the whipping boy.