To carry the can

투고자: sajlovicnatasa, 2017-05-01

Idiomatic translations of "To carry the can"

덴마크어
at tage noget på (sin) kappe
설명:
스페인어
Pagar el pato
설명:
영어 #1, #2, #3

Meanings of "To carry the can"

영어

to take blame or responsibility for something (wrongdoing, mistake) that one did not cause.

Explained by St. SolSt. Sol on 月, 17/09/2018 - 16:29
Explained by St. SolSt. Sol
핀란드어

kantaa / joutua kantamaan vastuu virheestä tai epäonnistumisesta

vrt.

joutua syntipukiksi / maksamaan viulut

Explained by Juha RämöJuha Rämö on 日, 06/11/2022 - 12:35
Explained by Juha RämöJuha Rämö
러시아어

нести ответственность за то чего не делал; стать козлом отпущения; отдуваться за других.

Explained by St. SolSt. Sol on 月, 17/09/2018 - 16:31
Explained by St. SolSt. Sol
세르비아어

Snositi odgovornost, krivicu. Biti žrtveni jarac. Izvlačiti kestenje.

Explained by sajlovicnatasasajlovicnatasa on 月, 01/05/2017 - 22:16
Explained by sajlovicnatasasajlovicnatasa

가사의 "To carry the can"

J Balvin - Vengeance

God save me from still waters,
sooner or later everything is paid for, come what may
Let's make it secret, you don't have to carry the can.
I'm the guy who brings you to ecstasy

Dick Gaughan - Workers' Song

Since time first began
I had always expected
To carry the can

Gogol Bordello - Take Only What You Can Carry

Take only that which you can carry
Take the letters, icons, golden replicas and take the wooden crucifix

We gonna run with the dogs

Dropkick Murphys - Worker's Song

From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We've been yoked to the plough since time first began
And always expected to carry the can

Asian Dub Foundation - Free Satpal Ram

For ten years one hell of a long time
To rot in a cell when you've committed no crime
Another innocent man forced to carry the can
Free Satpal Ram

Chess (musical) - Mountain Duet

[FLORENCE]
So with immaculate timing, I'm left to carry the can
Embarrassed, outnumbered, marooned

Massiv - 100 Bars/HDF Gold - No. 09

I'm doing good, praise be to God!
Just hangin' out with my man Sharus from Lebanon.1
Crushed up2cocaine, purely refined.3
Everyone knows that I only deal4with the good5stuff.

  • 1. Beirut
  • 2. lit. strained or undiluted; as in the more refined state of cocaine after being crushed up with a razor.
  • 3. 100% white
  • 4. lit. to sell
  • 5. lit. white

Chess (musical) - Mountain Duet (In Concert, 2008)

[FLORENCE]
So through no fault of my own
I'm stuck here to carry the can
Embarrassed, uncertain, marooned

Chess (musical) - Mountain Duet (In Concert, 1994)

[FLORENCE]
So, with immaculate timing
I'm left to carry the can
Embarrassed, outnumbered, marooned

Corey Hart - Chase the Sun

Maybe somebody don′t see it like i do
Maybe somebody want me to paint the sky blue
I don't really care, at least not today
For today was the start of another day

Firewind - Perfect Stranger

One life to live, no backup plan
Too many risks, I know I can
Carry this to the finish line
No questions asked, don't waste my time