scapegoat
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the…In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
» They're looking for a scapegoat.
Они ищут козла отпущения.
Значення
значень: 2In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
Sündenbock
козёл отпуще́нияkozjól otpuščénija
офі́рний цапofírnyj cap, козе́л відпу́щенняkozél vidpúščennja
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane!
Sündenbock, Prügelknabe
козёл отпуще́нияkozjól otpuščénija, стре́лочникstréločnik, ма́льчик для битья́málʹčik dlja bitʹjá
козе́л відпу́щенняkozél vidpúščennja
- someone who is punished for the errors of others
Приклади
речень: 22They're looking for a scapegoat.
ruОни ищут козла отпущения.
You're the scapegoat.
ruТы козёл отпущения.
deDu bist der Sündenbock.
Dictators use marginalized populations as scapegoats.
Why am I always the scapegoat?
ruПочему я всегда козёл отпущения?
deWarum bin ich immer der Sündenbock?
They simply need to find a scapegoat.
ruИм просто нужно найти стрелочника.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
За значеннями 2
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Походження
From scape + goat; coined by English biblical scholar and translator William Tyndale, inteFrom scape + goat; coined by English biblical scholar and translator William Tyndale, interpreting Biblical Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (“azazél”) (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26), from an interpretation as coming from עֵז (ez, “goat”) and אוזל (ozél, “escapes”). First attested 1530. Compare English scapegrace, scapegallows.
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Форми
множина: scapegoats| Однина | scapegoat |
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| Множина | scapegoats |
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