pagar o pato
idiom idioms expressions
LanguagePortuguese (Portugal)
Meaning- to pay the price for someone else's mistakes
Não quero pagar o pato pelos erros dos outros.
I do not want to pay the price for someone else's mistakes.
Ele sempre acaba por pagar o pato.
He always ends up paying the price.
Part of speechidiom
Registerinformal
Usage noteUse this when someone is unfairly punished or held responsible for the errors or actions committed by someone else.
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