bum rap

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment. slang
    — . . . going over the top of the wall of the Trenton prison, where I was sent on a bum rap.
  2. An undeservedly unfavorable portrayal or reputation. idiomatic
    — Orthopedic surgeon Robert Marx, with New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, says that findings from the current study should not give arthroscopic knee surgery a bum rap.

词形变化

bum raps plural
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