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Wolfrolf Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

paying the consequences of someone else's actions

Is there an idiomatic expression for a situation in which someone (an innocent person) pays the consequences of someone else's actions?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
  

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Hi, I was left holding the bag . I was left to carry the can . The basic idea here is that I was held responsible for someone else's error.

— Clive

  • Hi, I was left holding the bag .
  • I was left to carry the can .
  • The basic idea here is that I was held responsible for someone else's error.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

I was left holding the bag.

I was left to carry the can.

The basic idea here is that I was held responsible for someone else's error.

Best wishes, Clive
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Also, the person who is blamed for someone else's actions is a scapegoat.
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Thank you, guys for your answers.

Wolfrolf
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