「食死貓」

Entry #1
Pronunciation：	sik6 sei2 maau1
Individual Character Meaning：	食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control 死 to die; inflexible; to fail; unable to coexist; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; literally: damned; to malfunction; to break down; very; extremely; to insist; to be stubborn 貓 cat; to be drunk
Part of Speech：	verb
Explanation：	to take the blame for another person's fault; to take the blame for something that one did not do; to be a scapegoat; literally: to eat a dead cat (Cant.) 質zat1佢keoi5食sik6死sei2貓maau1 (Eng.) to make him the scapegoat; literally, to force him to eat the dead cat (Cant.) 明ming4明ming4係hai6個go3新san1同tung4事si6死sei2蠢ceon2唔m4識sik1做zou6嘢je5，老lou5闆baan2竟ging2然jin4比bei2隻zek3死sei2貓maau1我ngo5食sik6，話waa6我ngo5無mou5好hou2好hou2教gaau3好hou2佢keoi5。 (Eng.) Obviously, it was the incompetence of our new colleague that led to this mess, but my boss made me the scapegoat, blaming me for not teaching her properly. (Cant.) 因jan1為wai6天tin1氣hei3惡ok3劣lyut6，啲di1航hong4班baan1全cyun4部bou6delaydi6 lei1晒saai3。結git3果gwo2啲di1空hung1姐ze2食sik6晒saai3死sei2貓maau1，係hai6噉gam2比bei2乘sing4客haak3鬧naau6。 (Eng.) All flights were delayed because of bad weather. In the end, flight attendants became scapegoats and had to take the heat from angry passengers.
Synonym：	Synonym：祭旗
See also：	孭鑊祭旗代罪羔羊替死鬼加把口唔湯唔水多一事不如少一事好食懶飛得饒人處且饒人捉蟲入屎忽生米煮成熟飯食洋腸食詐糊飢不擇食 (部份類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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