Timeline for What's the origin of "throwing someone under the bus"?
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Oct 31, 2016 at 6:22 | history | edited | Sven Yargs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The original link didn't work because the URL changed; I replaced the old URL with the current one.
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| Jun 29, 2016 at 1:53 | comment | added | tbc0 | This mainstream article adds a little more color to this answer. It mentions Lauper and Safire. newsweek.com/whos-blame-under-bus-83613 | |
| Mar 5, 2013 at 20:38 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | I suspect that the meaning has evolved to suggest sacrificing someone to cover one's own posterior. I see the influence of "throwing someone under the Juggernaut" (as opposed to voluntarily diving under it out of religious zeal), from that longstanding Western misconception of the Juggernaut, and even more strongly the influence of "throwing someone to the wolves" in order to distract them while the thrower escapes. Of course, buses aren't sacrifice-inducing (like the Juggernaut) or predatory (like wolves), but those ideas may have influenced the use and meaning of this phrase anyway. | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 9:42 | comment | added | MT_Head | Juggernaut, anyone? | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 1:09 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |