介绍:
Pass the buck/The buck stops here
- Managers shouldn't pass the buck when it comes to problems. They should take responsibility.
-The buck stops here! I'm the one who makes the final decision.
- I'm not trying to pass the buck here, but it really was your fault!
Meaning: The act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility.
Origin: The expression is said to have originated from poker, in which a marker or counter (such as a knife with a buckhorn handle during the American Frontier era) was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buck", as the counter came to be called, to the next player. Also a buck is another term for a goat. So "scapegoat".
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Other examples:
1. Don't pass the buck on to society. After all, the best school for children is home and parents should be their role models.
2. OK, the buck stops here! I will step up and take the responsibility, but tell me what to do next?
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