blame

See:
  • a bad carpenter blames his tools
  • a bad workman blames his tools
  • a poor craftsman blames his tools
  • bad workers always blame their tools
  • be to blame
  • Blame Canada!
  • blame for
  • blame for (something)
  • blame game
  • blame on
  • blame on (someone)
  • blame shifting
  • don't blame (one)
  • don't blame me
  • I don't blame (someone)
  • I don't blame you/her, etc.
  • it's a poor carpenter who blames his tools
  • it's a poor workman who blames his tools
  • lay on
  • lay the blame on
  • lay the blame on (one)
  • place the blame for (something) on (someone or something)
  • place the blame on
  • place the blame on (someone or something)
  • place the blame on (someone or something) for (something)
  • put the blame on
  • put the blame on (someone or something)
  • take the blame
  • take the blame (for something)
  • the blame for (something)
  • the finger of blame
  • to blame
  • to blame, be
References in periodicals archive
'It is widely assumed that a lack of empathy for female victims explains why people blame them, but we actually found that empathy for the male sexual harasser was a more consistent explanation of variability in victim blame.
University of Exeter : Empathy for perpetrators helps explain victim blaming in sexual harassment
'Blame your lethargy, flip-flops and incompetence for your failure, not Saraki and Dogara,' Frank said.
Frank To Buhari: Apologise To Nigerians, Stop Blaming Saraki, Dogara For Executive Failure
In a blameless culture people are free of blame, fear and recrimination and they learn from their mistakes.
Blame culture
Do we also blame the 16 million who voted for Gordon?
Voter-blaming not helpful
Those Brexiters who have quit the government are only trying to avoid blame for the mess they have helped create.
Brexit scapegoat
Prior to the start of the shutdown, Trump said in a nationally televised Oval Office meeting with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that he was "proud to shut down the government for border security", adding that he wouldn't blame Democrats for the shutdown.
Poll: Trump's Disapproval Rating Higher Since Shutdown Began
A little more than 12 percent said "other" in response to the options of who to blame.
More Americans blame Trump for govt. shutdown than Democrats: Poll
But if blame is a defining feature of our social lives, so is ceasing to blame.
OPPRESSION, FORGIVENESS, AND CEASING TO BLAME
When we play the blame game however, we get caught up in blaming ourselves or other people for perceived failures or wrongdoing, at the expense of making changes to improve the situation.
Why we all need to stop playing the blame game
'If prices go up you blame the government, if fuel goes up you blame the government..
Najib: Not government's fault 'The Loaf' closed shop
We blame slavery, imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, sanctions, climate change and so on for our inabilities, weaknesses and failures.
End the blame game
"We Filipinos always blame our government," he lamented in Filipino.
Don't blame others for your misery bishop
Synopsis: As Barack Obama's presidency enters its final months, more Americans still blame George W.
Bush Still Leads Obama in Blame for U.S. Economic Troubles
I'll blame the EU for all future things So let's see what tomorrow brings!
Your Poems
When placing the blame where it belongs, his boss explained why it was his fault, "Of course it's your fault - you interviewed her, hired her and then you failed to develop her."
Business leaders ought to man up to their failures