单词 | carry the can |
释义 | carry the canTake responsibility or accept blame, as in Joan felt she was always carrying the can for her boss's errors. [Slang; second half of 1900s] Words nearby carry the cancarry-on, carry-out, carry-over, carry permit, carry the ball, carry the can, carry the day, carry the torch, carry through, carry too far, carry trade The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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