My boss made me a scapegoat for the recent decline in sales in order to avoid blame from our CEO.

为了怕公司CEO责怪，最近的业绩下跌我老板拿我作代罪羔羊。

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China is a handy scapegoat, but the real blame for the rise in inflation in the rich world may lie with monetary policy closer to home.

ECONOMIST: Why China is not to blame for the surge in global inflation

Blame time for that one, work, family, the weather, anything can be a scapegoat when it comes to not fulfilling a resolution that you were already feeling iffy about in the first place.

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