英语词汇“whipping boy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	whipping boy
释义	Trends of whipping boy View usage for: whipping boy Word forms: plural whipping boys countable noun If someone or something is a whipping boy for a particular situation, they get all the blame for it. He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime. [+ for] whipping boy in British English noun a person of little importance who is blamed for the errors, incompetence, etc, of others, esp his superiors; scapegoat Word origin C17: originally referring to a boy who was educated with a prince and who receivedpunishment for any faults committed by the prince whipping boy in American English 1. Obsolete a boy brought up together with a young prince and required to take the punishment for the latter's misdeeds 2. scapegoat (sense 2)
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Trends ofwhipping boy