词组 | pass the buck |
释义 | Idiom pass the buck Theme: RESPONSIBILITY to pass the blame (to someone else); to give the responsibility (to someone else). (Informal.)Don't try to pass the buck! It's your fault, and everybody knows it.Some people try to pass the buck whenever they can. Slang pass the buck Theme: RESPONSIBILITY tr. to shift the responsibility for something to someone else; to evade responsibility.When things get a little tough, do what I do. Pass the buck.Don't pass the buck. Stand up and admit you were wrong. Idiom pass the buck to blame someone or to make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with yourself.Parents often try to pass the buck to teachers when children misbehave in school. (sometimes + to)Bus companies are just passing the buck by saying their drivers are responsible for delays. pass the buckTo shift or reassign the blame or responsibility (for something) to another person, group, or thing. Politicians have two skills: making empty promises and then passing the buck when they fail to deliver on them. Maybe instead of passing the buck, you should have a think about what you could be doing to improve your performance. pass the buckFig. to pass the blame (to someone else); to give the responsibility (to someone else). (See also The buck stops here.) Don't try to pass the buck! It's your fault, and everybody knows it. Some people try to pass the buck whenever they can. pass the buckShift responsibility or blame elsewhere, as in She's always passing the buck to her staff; it's time she accepted the blame herself. This expression dates from the mid-1800s, when in a poker game a piece of buckshot or another object was passed around to remind a player that he was the next dealer. It acquired its present meaning by about 1900. pass the buckCOMMON If you accuse someone of passing the buck, you are accusing them of failing to take responsibility for a problem, and of expecting someone else to deal with it instead. Note: In poker, the buck was a marker or object which was passed to the person whose turn it was to deal the next hand. This person could either keep the marker or pass it on, in order to avoid dealing and being responsible for declaring the first stake. His three commanders-in-chief were arguing and passing the buck to one another. When it comes to teaching kids about risk, many parents are tempted to pass the buck to schools and other organizations. Note: This kind of behaviour is called buck-passing. However, his apology, in this age of buck-passing and dodging, was frank and honest. pass the buckshift the responsibility for something to someone else. informalA buck is an object placed as a reminder in front of the person whose turn it is to deal in the game of poker. 1998 New York Review of Books The legislation left the main decisions to the individual states which may well pass the buck to the large cities where most of the problem is. ˌpass the ˈbuck(informal) refuse to accept responsibility for a mistake, an accident, an important decision, etc. and try to get another person, organization, etc. to accept responsibility for it instead: The same thing happens after every disaster. All the officials involved just try to pass the buck. OPPOSITE: the buck stops here ▶ ˈbuck-passing noun: The public is tired of all this political buck-passing. They just want to know who was responsible for the decision.The buck is a small object in a poker game that is placed in front of the player whose turn it is to deal.pass the buck tv. to shift the responsibility for something to someone else; to evade responsibility. (see also buckpasser.) Don’t pass the buck. Stand up and admit you were wrong. pass the buck, toTo evade responsibility by shifting it elsewhere. The term comes from nineteenth-century America, where in poker games a piece of buckshot or a knife with a buckhorn handle was passed around to indicate which player was to be the next dealer. By 1900 or so the term began to be used in the present sense of shifting responsibility. In 1949 President Harry S. Truman put a sign on his Oval Office desk saying, “The buck stops here,” thereby acknowledging that he would accept ultimate responsibility for all policies and actions. |
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