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俚语 shoot the messenger
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shoot the messenger

To get angry at a person who delivers bad news.
Usually, the person delivering the news has no idea about what is going on.
An example of "shoot the messenger"
Bob: Sorry, but I think you wet your pants.
Jim: No I didn't you freaking **** (proceeds to get angry at Bob).

Shoot the Messenger

A party game where you take the last three people you messaged, and the group chooses one thread to be read out loud, unless you use your veto
"Let's play Shoot the Messenger"
"Okay, you first"
"Alright, my last three convos are with Alex, Will, and Jill"
"I choose the Jill convo"

Don't shoot the messenger

A term that is used to basically tell you "please don't get mad at me for saying this."
"Hey bro, don't shoot the messenger here, but I think my car might be out of gas."

always shoot the messenger

People don't like to hear things they don't like, so community leaders would send people the community doesn't like to deliver bad news, in hopes that they would not return. This way the community never had to directly kill people for petty reasons, as they were only guilty of bring up crap nobody wants to hear.
The caravan was attacked and you let him go, everyone knows that you always shoot the messenger of bad news!
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