shoot the messenger

释义

1. 拿报信人出气（而非责备问题的责任人）

   to blame the person who gives the news that sth bad has happened, instead of the person who is really responsible

   Don't shoot the messenger!别错怪好人！

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• - Don't shoot the messenger, babe. - I'm not going to shoot the messenger.The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009

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