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Swedish
Etymology
hund (“dog”) + huvud (“head”)
Noun
hundhuvud n
- a head of a dog
- (idiomatic, in "få bära hundhuvudet" (literally, "get to carry the dog's head")) to take the blame, to carry the can, to take the rap
Det är inte rättvist att hon ska få bära hundhuvudet när det egentligen är deras fel- It's not fair that she should take the blame when it's actually their fault
att få bära hundhuvudet för något- to take the blame for something
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