English-French translations for whipping boy

  • bouc émissaire
    La récente baisse de l’euro a servi de bouc émissaire pour tout ce qui s’est passé dernièrement au sujet de la Constitution. The recent drop in the euro has been used as a convenient whipping boy for all that has happened recently with the European Constitution. Nous devons encourager les États membres à ne pas faire de l'Union européenne leur bouc émissaire lorsqu'ils souhaitent introduire une mauvaise législation au niveau national. 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.
  • lampiste
  • pigeon

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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