punching bag

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I'm not going go be a punching bag for anyone.
我不會給任何人當替罪羊。
Jay Leno, after the inauguration, expressing the comedy world's dismay at the loss of their presidential punching bag
——杰·雷諾在奧巴馬就職總統(tǒng)后，表達了喜劇世界對沙袋總統(tǒng)布什的卸任的遺憾。
And remember: This was Miguel Cotto, one of the best fighters of his time, who was reduced to nothing more than a mobile punching bag.
別忘了，這獵物可是米格爾。庫托，這個時代最棒的拳手之一，可他卻衰退得----充其量只算個移動的沙袋。

Perhaps the only accusation Rove didn't--and couldn't--deny regarded his role as a public punching bag.
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Mr. Bush was also able to turn to his usual punching bag — the press.
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Netsuite has been a bit of a punching bag in Silicon Valley software circles.
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a leather bag filled with air, hung from a frame or attached to a stand and used by boxers for training or exercise