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Throw someone under the bus
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Throw someone under the bus
means to blame or betray someone to protect yourself, especially in a difficult situation.
Examples:
1- When the teacher asked who broke the projector, he threw me under the bus.
2- She forgot to book the hotel and then threw her assistant under the bus in front of the client.
Hello and welcome back to Daily English! Before we start, I just want to share something exciting — in the last couple of days, we’ve had listeners from 83 countries! That’s incredible, and I just want to say thank you for your trust and for learning with me every day. Today’s idiom is “throw someone under the bus.”One more time — throw someone under the bus. Let’s see if you can guess what it means from these clues: You’re doing a group project at work with two coworkers. The presentation goes badly. Later, your boss asks what happened. One of your teammates says, “Well, it was mostly her idea…” — even though all three of you agreed on it. You’re shocked. You feel betrayed. They just threw you under the bus.Or imagine you and your friend sneak into the kitchen at midnight to eat some cake. You both get caught. And your friend says, “It wasn’t my idea! She told me to do it!” Wow… they threw you under the bus to save themselves. So what does “throw someone under the bus” mean?
It means to blame or betray someone to protect yourself, especially in a difficult situation.
It’s often used when someone makes another person look bad just to avoid trouble. Examples:
“When the teacher asked who broke the projector, he threw me under the bus.”
“She forgot to book the hotel and then threw her assistant under the bus in front of the client.”
“During a team meeting in Milan, one employee blamed his colleague in front of the manager, saying, ‘She was supposed to send the email.’ Everyone knew it was his fault — but he still threw her under the bus.”
Have you ever been thrown under the bus — or maybe thrown someone else under the bus?