| 释义 |
fall guy
noun
a person who is set up to be blamed for a crime US, 1904
From FALLAnd the eventual opinion in police circles was that the pickpockets had created him, a fictitious fall guy, in the hope of excusing their own misdoings. — Jim Thompson, Bad Boy, p. 353, 1953 “It seems like every time I pick a side I end up the fall guy.” — Peter Maas, The Valachi Papers, p. 80, 1968 They’re caught right in the middle of some kind of crazy mob war they can’t do a thing about and wouldn’t they just love to have a fall guy handy. — Mickey Spillane, Last Cop Out, p. 23, 1972 We know they used you as a patsy, a fall guy. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 122, 1975 — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 51, 1996 |