take the fall (for (someone/something))

to accept responsibility for something.

The team's general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well.

• not the half of it
• not think twice about
• not think twice about something
• not to be sneezed at
• not to be sniffed at
• not to mention
• not to mention someone
• not to mention something
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to speak of
• not to speak of something
• not touch something with a ten-foot pole
• not touch with a ten-foot pole
• not to worry
• not trust an inch
• not trust someone an inch
• not turn a hair
• not with a bang but with a whimper
• not worth the paper is printed on
• not worth the paper something is printed on
• no two ways about it
• no two ways about it.
• not your day
• nouveau riche
• now and then