Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

別人牽驢你拔橛子

biérenqiānlǘnǐbájuézi

ㄅㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄖㄣ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˊ ㄋㄧˇ ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

Simplified 别人牵驴你拔橛子

  1. 1lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
  2. 2fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

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