英语词汇“to carry the can”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. British colloquial (originally Services' slang). to carry (also take) the can (back): to be left to do an unwelcome task; to take the blame, esp. for something for which one is not (solely) responsible; (also) to be reprimanded. [Origin uncertain; perhaps originally alluding to one man carrying a container of beer for all his companions, or having to return the empty container after the drinking session. Perhaps compare to carry the cag , to carry the keg to be sullen or easily put out, recorded from the early 19th century in English slang dictionaries, which perhaps show a pun of cag n.¹ on cag n.³ (although the latter word may alternatively originate from this idiom).]

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (intransitive)] > take the blame

to get the rap1865

to carry (also take) the can (back)1927

1927 ‘Giraldus’ Musings Merry Matloe 187 Take the Can Back.—To stand the blame for anything, or to be the only one of a party to whom it falls the lot to perform a task that must be done.

1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 23 To Carry the Can, to be reprimanded (Navy).

1936 Daily Herald 11 Aug. 8/5 Railwaymen and road transport workers use the phrase, ‘Taking the can back’ for (respectively) being held responsible for a mishap and being imposed upon.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 20 Carrying the can back, accepting the blame for your own or another's error.

1957 Times 23 Feb. 7/4 Senior officers who were forced to ‘carry the can’ because of the misdeeds of others.

1959 D. Barton Loving Cup i. 11 Officially you have to take the can.

1959 J. Braine Vodi x. 148 It's always my fault, everything's my fault. I always carry the bloody can back.

1967 Spectator 30 June 763/3 No Department wanted to carry the can for cable-vetting—quite irrespective of security considerations.

1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet xvii. 230 When something goes wrong in our family, why's it always me who carries the can?

2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) xvi. 245 He'd carry the can if things went wrong.

单词	to carry the can
释义	> as lemmas to carry (also take) the can (back) P1. British colloquial (originally Services' slang). to carry (also take) the can (back): to be left to do an unwelcome task; to take the blame, esp. for something for which one is not (solely) responsible; (also) to be reprimanded. [Origin uncertain; perhaps originally alluding to one man carrying a container of beer for all his companions, or having to return the empty container after the drinking session. Perhaps compare to carry the cag , to carry the keg to be sullen or easily put out, recorded from the early 19th century in English slang dictionaries, which perhaps show a pun of cag n.¹ on cag n.³ (although the latter word may alternatively originate from this idiom).] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (intransitive)] > take the blame to get the rap1865 to carry (also take) the can (back)1927 1927 ‘Giraldus’ Musings Merry Matloe 187 Take the Can Back.—To stand the blame for anything, or to be the only one of a party to whom it falls the lot to perform a task that must be done. 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 23 To Carry the Can, to be reprimanded (Navy). 1936 Daily Herald 11 Aug. 8/5 Railwaymen and road transport workers use the phrase, ‘Taking the can back’ for (respectively) being held responsible for a mishap and being imposed upon. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 20 Carrying the can back, accepting the blame for your own or another's error. 1957 Times 23 Feb. 7/4 Senior officers who were forced to ‘carry the can’ because of the misdeeds of others. 1959 D. Barton Loving Cup i. 11 Officially you have to take the can. 1959 J. Braine Vodi x. 148 It's always my fault, everything's my fault. I always carry the bloody can back. 1967 Spectator 30 June 763/3 No Department wanted to carry the can for cable-vetting—quite irrespective of security considerations. 1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet xvii. 230 When something goes wrong in our family, why's it always me who carries the can? 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) xvi. 245 He'd carry the can if things went wrong. extracted from cann.¹ < as lemmas
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