| 单词 | to shoot the messenger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot (also kill) the messenger f. to shoot (also kill) the messenger and variants: to treat the bearer of bad news as if he or she is personally to blame for it. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 56 You shall chance to whip your Information, And beate the Messenger, who bids beware Of what is to be dreaded. View more context for this quotation] 1962 Rev. Econ. Stud. 29 253 If you find that the norms you specify lead to results that seem absurd (or empty) to you, that is reason to re-examine your own norms, not shoot the messenger boy or analyst. 1980 D. Carkeet Double Negative ix. 143 You can't shoot the messenger for bringing bad news. 1997 Shetland Times 10 Oct. 2/1 Although Councillor Leonard Groat backs the tenants in their grievance he urged them not to ‘shoot the messenger’ by blaming Mr Selwyn and the housing department for spending cutbacks. < as lemmas |
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