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"мальчик для битья"

(человек, несущий наказание за чужую вину) whipping boy

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Отныне играем на равных, пусть ищет себе другого мальчика для битья; из пяти партий четыре поражения — это слишком много.
From here on we play even or he can find another sucker-four out of five is too many.
Хайнлайн, Роберт / Достаточно времени для любви, или жизни Лазаруса ЛонгаHeinlein, Robert / Time Enough For Love
Time Enough For Love
Heinlein, Robert
© 1973 by Robert Heinlein
Достаточно времени для любви, или жизни Лазаруса Лонга
Хайнлайн, Роберт
© 1973 by Robert A. Heinlein
© Перевод. Ю. Соколов, 2008
© TERRA FANTASTICA, 2008

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мальчик для битья
whipping boy

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  1. 1.

    Whipping boy (дословно)

    punching bag (схоже по значению - "боксерская груша")

    scapegoat (более грубая фраза - "козел отпущения"

    translation added by Snezhana K
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  2. 2.

    whipping boy

    translation added by grumbler
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  3. 3.

    whipping boy, scapegoat, fall guy, sacrificial lamb

    translation added by Руслан Заславский
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