whipping boy

Denmark, the top of the table thrusters, being held by Belarus, the bottom of the table whipping boys?

In a tough financial climate post-Covid, Newcastle have been the whipping boys of the Premiership in recent seasons.

It was a solid game and I wanted to show a bit of love to Leicester because they've been the whipping boys all season.

Alluding to Hunter’s journey from lawyer to lobbyist to full-fledged crack addict to right-wing whipping boy, Berges concluded that “Hunter Biden’s story was the American story.”

As creators and consumers, educators and entertainers, whipping boys, final girls, sidekicks and suicides, queer people have, often invisibly, sometimes tragically, always forcefully shaped American culture, particularly through the prism of Hollywood.