- 1 Whipping boy - Fall guy - Patsy paces around big kid - Person blamed for the faults of others - Whipping boy - A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins
of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the
wilderness. - Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for
others.
- Elbow room for Bruce or Christopher on the street - Ewe lay around, with room to manoeuvre - Freedom of action - Latitude - Manoeuvring space - Margin of safety - Room for manoeuvre