more sinned against than sinner
more sinned against than sinner
Less guilty or worthy of blame than others, especially those who have injured or laid such blame or guilt upon one. I may be exploiting a loophole in how much I receive in social welfare payments, but given that my retirement fund was stolen from me by fraudulent investors, I'd say I'm more sinned against than sinner. The nurse undoubtedly made questionable judgment calls in this unfortunate case; however, his hands were largely tied by ambiguous legal wordings relating to end-of-life care, and, in my opinion, he was more sinned against than sinner.
See also: more, sin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- more sinned against than sinning
- lay the blame on
- lay the blame on (one)
- be to blame
- to blame, be
- to blame
- the finger of blame
- point a/the finger
- point the finger
- point the finger at