shift the blame

And by trying to shift the blame to the general populace, elites are ducking some much-needed reflection on their own catastrophic mistakes.

Does any of this matter? Why should we be concerned about the effort to shift the blame for bad policies onto the general public?

And now at this point in the meeting I'd like to shift the blame away from me and onto someone else.

Critics say that the president has merely managed to shift the blame to opposition "sabotage" .

Don't try to shift the blame onto your subordinates, and remember that you're also accountable for employee morale.

Of course, the Bush administration wants to shift the blame, but neither China, nor anyone else, should be fooled.

You should have the courage for face your own mistakes. Don't try to shift the blame onto others when things go wrong.

Can you shift the blame onto him alone and yet have a clear conscience?

Both sides continued their attempts to shift the blame on to the other on Sunday.

Irresponsible people tend to shift the blame onto those factors, and vocalize them as excuses.

When his! plans miscarry . he always looks around for somebody to shift the blame onto.

Don't try to shift the blame for the mistakes onto me.

It is useless to try to shift the blame to somebody else.

We often resort to an Axis II diagnosis when our attempts at therapy fail, and we shift the blame from ourselves to our patients.

He always tries to shift the blame to someone else.

Don't try to shift the blame onto me!

It's your fault. How can you shift the blame onto someone else?

You shouldn't shift the blame onto others.

When we have done something wrong, we can either accept legitimate blame for what we have done or shift the blame to others.

When we lose, there are any number of ways in which we can shift the blame to the market and not accept responsibility.

I don't want to shift the blame onto her.

shirk responsibility and shift the blame onto others