Though few Americans say that the poor have only themselves to blame, many believe it.
But they will have only themselves to blame if they are forced to find out.
Pinsent also believes the Delhi organising committee have only themselves to blame for the mess they find themselves in.
They were unfortunate when Carrick's speculative drive cannoned off Hughes and beat James, but they had only themselves to blame for United's fourth goal.
There has been a perception that lung cancer sufferers have only themselves to blame, because they've smoked all their lives, and they tend to be old.
Bain says KB's creditors have only themselves to blame because they undermined the toy retailer by selling supercheap toys exclusively to Wal-Mart during the 2003 Christmas season.
Last weekend, ATP chief Mark Miles rejected suggestions the calendar was too crowded and said players had only themselves to blame for burnout because they chose to compete in too many tournaments.
With almost a total domination of possession, Toulouse had only themselves to blame as fumbles in the Glasgow red zone denied them a try and it took Skrela's second penalty to take the score to 10-6.
Raddy Antic's side occasionally had only themselves to blame for not taking the lead, as Krasic really should have found the net after collecting an inch-perfect threaded pass from Zdravko Kuzmanovic and rounding Schwarzer, but he shot over.
There were some brilliant catches, notably by Sales in the slips to dismiss Alex Gidman and White at square leg to send back last man Steve Kirby, but the home side only had themselves to blame for a series of poor strokes.
But boomers only have themselves to blame when it comes to their children.
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Instead, they only have themselves to blame for failing after producing a display which had none of the urgency one might have expected.
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South Africa only had themselves to blame for the miscommunication which led to their tied match with Sri Lanka, and another heart-breaking World Cup exit.
Antic's team wanted a penalty for a handball against Cahill but they only had themselves to blame for failing to score a second when Pantelic missed.
Arsenal only had themselves to blame and despite working hard to restore parity, their play was characterised by a general lack of urgency, creativity and precision in the final third.
South Africa's lead went past 100 when a wild throw from Kevin Pietersen disappeared for four overthrows, and England only had themselves to blame when opting against reviewing an lbw appeal against the fast-scoring Boucher.
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Mexico only had themselves to blame for the Albiceleste's second after Osorio, under no immediate pressure, scuffed a pass close to the edge of his penalty area, allowing Higuain to snatch the ball before rounding Perez and slotting home.
And they only had themselves - and their poor finishing - to blame, not least Butterfield who fired an early chance over, curled another effort wide of the post, saw another shot held by Rochdale goalkeeper Josh Lillis and was inches off target with a header.
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