หนังหน้าไฟ(năng nâa fai)
Meanings
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scapegoat; fall guy; sacrificial lamb
A person put forward to take blame, trouble, or harsh criticism for others; the one who faces the heat first.
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăaมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăa[to] have a problem; there is a problemหัวหน้าhŭua nâaหัวหน้าhŭua nâa1boss; supervisor2leader; chiefก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerโยนyohnโยนyohn1[to] throw; toss; cast2[to] shift blame; pass the buckให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsหนังหน้าไฟnăng nâa faiหนังหน้าไฟnăng nâa faiscapegoat; fall guy; sacrificial lambตลอดdtà-lòtตลอดdtà-lòt1throughout; continuously; all the time2throughout; along (extent/duration)3always; all the timeเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
Whenever there's a problem, my boss always throws me out to take the heat.
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หนังหน้าไฟnăng nâa faiหนังหน้าไฟnăng nâa faiscapegoat; fall guy; sacrificial lamb