Russia's Putin Blasts the USA

[Yaro]

Originally Posted by Alex_Ivanov

Does Russian phrase "повесить всех собак" really mean "the wolves can blame?" I'm not the best specialist in English, but I feel sense distorting here.

P.S. Putin told about Bush personally and internal opposition to his actions in US, no doubt about that.

I'm not sure too. I suppose this Russian idiom has no direct word-by-word equivalent in English. I found nearest as it seems which sounds "lay at one's door". Anyway I'd tell some more for those English natives interested in exact meaning. Not wolf but dog and not the wolf who blames Bush but someone in the US who blames Bush by means of some action with dog. I've remembered another expression originated from the Bible - blaming someone by means of laying the hand upon his head.

[justoleme]

Putin was just trying to assist the US liberals at election time.

[Russian guts]

Lots of people are pissed off at Putin and in many cases he deserves it, but he did make some legitimate points about American double standards, I posted a more detailed reply in the next thread...

[Russian guts]

Russian phrase "повесить всех собак" literally means "hang all the dogs."