輕松日記商務(wù)職場篇第218期:背黑鍋

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他一個人背下了黑鍋。

left holding the bag 是相當古老的習慣用語，從1760年起就流傳了，但沒有確切出典，有一種猜測是這里的bag可能是裝贓款贓物的袋子，同伙聽到了警報都走了，就剩拿著袋子的那個人被抓，人贓俱獲?，F(xiàn)在這個短語的意思是：“替別人背黑鍋，或獨自承擔錯誤和罪責”。因此，當美國人說"He has been left holding the bag."時，他/她要表達的意思就是:"He has been made into a scapegoat."、"He has been unjustly blamed."、"He has been left to take full responsibility."。

情景對白：
Terry: How could the boss be so cruel to Jim? I feel really sorry for him.

泰瑞：老板怎么可以對吉姆這么無情?我真為他難過。

Benjamin: Yeah, me too. He has been left holding the bag.

本杰明：是啊，我也一樣。他一個人背下了黑鍋。

搭配句積累：
①It must be someone else that stole the key of the safe.

肯定是有其他人偷了保險柜的鑰匙。

②He's accused of embezzling funds from the company.

他被指揮擅自挪用公款。

③He can't be the leaker because he is a newcomer who knows nothing here.

他不可能是泄密者，他只是個新人，什么也不了解。

④He should have spilled his guts.

他本應(yīng)該說出實情的。

單詞：
1. scapegoat n. 替罪羊

I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.

我不應(yīng)該為一些不好的結(jié)果頂罪。

She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence.

她覺得，本是老板無能，但她卻成了替罪羊。

2. embezzle vt. 盜用，挪用

One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.

一名前主管挪用了3，400萬美元的公司資金。

She insinuate to us that her partner have embezzle fund.

她旁敲側(cè)擊地指出她的合伙人盜用了資金。

3. spill one's guts 把知道的原原本本地說出來

Because I wanted to be a quiet listener when you wanted to spill your guts.

因為我想在你想傾訴的時候做一個安靜的聆聽者。

But that doesn't mean you should spill your guts out to your kids.

當然這并不意味著你應(yīng)該對孩子們無所不言。