食sik6死sei2貓maau1

English

1. (slang) to be a scapegoat; to be framed; to take the blame for someone else's mistakes or wrongdoings
2. to take the blame for another person's fault; to take the blame for something that one did not do; to be a scapegoat; literally: to eat a dead cat

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 被迫為其他人犯嘅過錯負責；自己冇做錯但被迫負上責任

Examples

• 質佢食死貓

  to make him the scapegoat; literally, to force him to eat the dead cat

• 明明係個新同事死蠢唔識做嘢，老闆竟然比隻死貓我食，話我無好好教好佢。

  Obviously, it was the incompetence of our new colleague that led to this mess, but my boss made me the scapegoat, blaming me for not teaching her properly.

• 因為天氣惡劣，啲航班全部delay晒。結果啲空姐食晒死貓，係噉比乘客鬧。

  All flights were delayed because of bad weather. In the end, flight attendants became scapegoats and had to take the heat from angry passengers.