English-Dutch translations for whipping boy

  • zondebok
    Ik weet hoe moeilijk de taak van de Commissie is, en ik kan ook begrijpen, mijnheer de commissaris, dat u zich soms de zondebok voelt. I know how difficult the task of the Commission is and can understand, Mr Commissioner, if you sometimes feel like a whipping boy. De recente waardedaling van de euro is gebruikt als zondebok voor alles wat zich onlangs heeft voorgedaan met betrekking tot de Europese Grondwet. The recent drop in the euro has been used as a convenient whipping boy for all that has happened recently with the European Constitution. Wij moeten ervoor helpen zorgen dat de lidstaten de Europese Unie niet als zondebok gebruiken voor slechte wetgeving op nationaal niveau. We must encourage Member States not to use the European Union as the whipping boy when they want to bring in bad legislation at national level.

Definition of whipping boy

  • Someone punished for the errors of others, historically a boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince

Examples

  • As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat.

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