トカゲの尻尾しっぽ切ぎり

expression

scapegoating a subordinate; passing the buck to a lower-ranking person

Idiomatic expression likening the act of a superior evading responsibility by blaming a subordinate to a lizard shedding its tail. Often used in organizational or political contexts.

• 不ふ祥しょう事じが発はっ覚かくすると、上じょう司しはトカゲの尻尾しっぽ切ぎりで部ぶ下かに責せき任にんを押おし付つけた。

  When the scandal came to light, the boss scapegoated a subordinate, like a lizard shedding its tail.

• この辞じ任にんは典てん型けい的てきなトカゲの尻尾しっぽ切ぎりだ。

  This resignation is a classic case of passing the buck to a lower-ranking person.