輕鬆日記商務職場篇 第218期:背黑鍋
核心句型：
He has been left holding the bag.
他一個人背下了黑鍋。
left holding the bag 是相當古老的習慣用語，從1760年起就流傳了，但沒有確切出典，有一種猜測是這裏的bag可能是裝贓款贓物的袋子，同夥聽到了警報都走了，就剩拿着袋子的那個人被抓，人贓俱獲。現在這個短語的意思是：“替別人背黑鍋，或獨自承擔錯誤和罪責”。因此，當美國人說"He has been left holding the bag."時，他/她要表達的意思就是:"He has been made into a scapegoat."、"He has been unjustly blamed."、"He has been left to take full responsibility."。
情景對白：
Terry: How could the boss be so cruel to Jim? I feel really sorry for him.
泰瑞：老闆怎麼可以對吉姆這麼無情？我真爲他難過。
Benjamin: Yeah, me too. He has been left holding the bag.
本傑明：是啊，我也一樣。他一個人背下了黑鍋。
搭配句積累：
①It must be someone else that stole the key of the safe.
肯定是有其他人偷了保險櫃的鑰匙。
②He's accused of embezzling funds from the company.
他被指揮擅自挪用公款。
③He can't be the leaker because he is a newcomer who knows nothing here.
他不可能是泄密者，他只是個新人，什麼也不瞭解。
④He should have spilled his guts.
他本應該說出實情的。
單詞：
1. scapegoat n. 替罪羊
I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
我不應該爲一些不好的結果頂罪。
She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence.
她覺得，本是老闆無能，但她卻成了替罪羊。
2. embezzle vt. 盜用，挪用
One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.
一名前主管挪用了3，400萬美元的公司資金。
She insinuate to us that her partner have embezzle fund.
她旁敲側擊地指出她的合夥人盜用了資金。
3. spill one's guts 把知道的原原本本地說出來
Bcause I wanted to be a quiet listener when you wanted to spill your guts.
因爲我想在你想傾訴的時候做一個安靜的聆聽者。
But that doesn't mean you should spill your guts out to your kids.
當然這並不意味着你應該對孩子們無所不言。
