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别人牵驴你拔橛子

bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi

Definitions

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