今天介绍的短语是“让他人背黑锅”——throw sb under the bus。我们先来看一下字典上的解释：
Collins：to expose someone to an unpleasant fate, esp in order to save oneself
Cambridge：to do something harmful to someone else in order to gain an advantage for yourself
毫无疑问，两种解释都有“损人利己”、“为己利而让他人背锅”的含义。我们再看两个例句：
1.Jerry always looks for someone to blame and throw under the bus for his failings. 杰瑞失败的时候为了自身利益总是找人承受责备。
2.Every time I get into trouble with my parents, I throw my brother under the bus. 每次我在爸妈面前犯错了，我就怪到我弟弟头上。
另外，在使用这个短语——throw sb under the bus——时，请不要忘记加“the”。
“抹黑“的英文是blacken（sb's name, image, reputation, etc）
Collins：If someone blackens your character, they make other people believe that you are a bad person.
例句：
1.They're trying to blacken our name. 他们在设法败坏我们的名声。
2.He accused the newspaper of trying to blacken his name. 他指责报纸企图败坏他的名声。
之前看过一种说法，“抹黑”一词来自古代的黥刑——一种在罪犯脸上刻字，用墨染黑，然后发配边境做苦力的刑罚。因为抹黑面孔意味着代罪之身，所以“抹黑”一词又引申出“*化丑**”之意。
您学会了吗？