屎盆子扣在他头上
“Pinning the blame on him”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对呀
“That's right.”
屎盆子 扣在他头上
“Pinning the blame on him”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Metaphorical folk expressions like 'dumping the chamber pot' and 'carrying the black pot' vividly describe the social art of finding a patsy to absorb scandal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to unfairly frame someone / dump blame onto somebody
A vivid and very common idiom used when someone is scapegoated or smeared unfairly.
upon someone / onto one's head
Used idiomatically with verbs of imposition like 扣 (pin on) or 算 (attribute to).