Vocab Bloom Hub

whipping boy

/ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ/

Tradução: Pessoa que é constantemente culpada ou punida pelos erros ou faltas dos outros; bode expiatório.

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/ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ/C1informal
  • ptPessoa que é constantemente culpada ou punida pelos erros ou faltas dos outros; bode expiatório.

A person who is frequently blamed or punished for the mistakes or wrongdoings of others; a scapegoat.

  1. ScapegoatB2formal

    A person who is blamed or punished for the mistakes or faults of others.

    ptBode expiatório

    • The junior employee became the whipping boy for the team's failure.
    • In politics, the media often makes a whipping boy out of a single official.
    • He was tired of being the whipping boy for his boss's bad decisions.
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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