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单词 carry the can
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carry the can

British informal Take responsibility for a mistake or misdeed: if anyone makes a mistake, it’s the senior person who has to carry the can...
  • Someone will have to carry the can for this and it's not going to be the Prime Minister.
  • Governments, in other words, receive little or no credit for getting things right on the economy, but are still liable to carry the can if things go wrong.
  • But why should the chief executive carry the can for all this?
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