look for a dog to kick

To seek out someone to blame or castigate, especially someone who is not at fault. (Usually said in the continuous tense.) My dad had a famously short fuse when we were growing up, so we soon learned to get out of his way when he was looking for a dog to kick. The troubled economy is the result of many factors, but the president is usually the first one blamed by voters looking for a dog to kick.

词组	look for a dog to kick
释义	look for a dog to kick look for a dog to kick To seek out someone to blame or castigate, especially someone who is not at fault. (Usually said in the continuous tense.) My dad had a famously short fuse when we were growing up, so we soon learned to get out of his way when he was looking for a dog to kick. The troubled economy is the result of many factors, but the president is usually the first one blamed by voters looking for a dog to kick. See also: dog, kick, look Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey accompany on a journey a stranger to (someone or something) be out of (one's) league be out of somebody's league be in bad with (someone) a dog in the manger bargain bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
随便看	incumbent (up)on (someone) to (do something) in cups in custody incy-wincy in debt in debt to (someone or something) indeed in deep in deep doo-doo in deep shit in deep water in deep water(s) in default of in default of (something) in default of something in defiance in defiance of in defiance of (something) in demand indemnify indemnify against indemnify (someone or something) against (something) in denial independent independent as a hog on ice