別人牽驢你拔橛子

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lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) · fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
  2. fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

Written Forms

別人牽驢你拔橛子Traditional · Main Form
别人牵驴你拔橛子Alternate Form

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