VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Fall Guy

短语讲解：

1. A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser or victim.

fall guy 被牺牲者，替罪羔羊
例句：I'm sick of being your fall guy.
我厌恶做你的替罪羊。

2. As the sport became more popular, it became less and less of a sport.

less and less 越来越少的
例句：More and more pain, less and less gain.
越来越多的不开心，越来越少的快乐。

3. Sometimes, one of the wrestlers would be paid before the match to take the fall.

take the fall 代人受过，作替罪羊
例句：So why should you and cha cha take the fall?
干吗要你和恰恰承担一切呢？

4. He would agree to be the loser...the fall guy.

agree to 同意
例句：They agree to that arrangement with one accord.
他们一致同意那样安排。

5. Today, a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

blame for 因…怪罪，责怪（某人）
例句：The driver was not to blame for the accident.
这次事故怪不着司机。

6. The expression to take the rap first was used about one hundred years ago.

take the rap 承担刑事责任
例句：Don't expect me to take the rap for your mistakes.
别指望我替你背黑锅。

7. Another similar expression is bum rap.

bum rap<俚>不公正的惩罚，不公正的判决
例句：I think you got a bum rap from your company.
我想，你受到了公司不公正的惩罚。

8. Some word experts say the expression to frame someone comes from the way wood must be fitted closely around a painting or photograph to frame it.

come from 来自某处；出生于
例句：I come from the south of china.
我来自中国的南方。