Phrase: Shoulder the blame

Today’s episode is for Saturday, June 13, 2020. Our phrase for this BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is ‘shoulder the blame.’ When you shoulder the blame for something such as a mistake, you accept responsibility for it. In western society, this is seen as a virtue. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/ShoulderTheBlame Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. (https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz) Below are three terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Fall guy: The fall guy is the person who gets the blame when something goes wrong, or they are the person blamed for a crime they did not commit. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/FallGuy Go sideways: It always happens at the most inopportune times. When you think everything's fine, it'll go sideways, which means to go wrong or get worse. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/GoSideways Once in a blue moon: Once in a blue moon is used to refer to things that happen exceptionally rarely. The funny thing is, blue moons occur every 3 years or so. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/OnceInABlueMoon