1.0Plain Englishhttps://plainenglish.comJR Rosashttps://plainenglish.com/author/jrproducer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VQasNrWOdL"><a href="https://plainenglish.com/expressions/bear-the-blame/">Bear the blame</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://plainenglish.com/expressions/bear-the-blame/embed/#?secret=VQasNrWOdL" width="600" height="338" title="“Bear the blame” — Plain English" data-secret="VQasNrWOdL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://plainenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/expressions/bear-the-blame.png1024512"Bear the blame" is an expression used when assigning fault to someone else for something bad that has happened. For example, you can say that the mayor bears the blame for increased traffic accidents if the mayor decided to raise the speed limit.