“Take the rap”in other languages
Take the blame, often for someone else.
English
German
Portuguese
EnglishGermanPortugueseSame idea, different pictures
English rap was American slang for a criminal charge. German takes it on its cap, auf seine Kappe nehmen: on its own head.
Portuguese pays for the duck, pagar o pato: whoever pays for a duck they didn't eat takes the cost of someone else's meal.
More sayings in other languages
- Take to one's heels
- Take something with a grain of salt
- Talk someone's ear off
- Talk through one's hat
- Like talking to a brick wall
- That ship has sailed
- The bee's knees
- The die is cast
- The game is not worth the candle