0 a person who is falsely blamed for something that has gone wrong, or for a crime that they have not committed: --
1 a person who is blamed for something bad when others who were also responsible are not blamed: --
2 someone who other people blame for something bad that happens, even though he or she was not the only person responsible for it: --
Inevitably, one of the junior executives was picked to be the fall guy.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.