Question of the Day #233

"EPA staff in ‘despair’ after Pruitt blame game"
From the headline of this article at Politico.

上記の文で、blame game の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "blame game" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


責任のなすり合い

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

 a situation in which different individuals or groups attempt to assign blame to each other for some problem or failure

Etymology/語源

Merriam-Websterによると、

記録にある限り初めて使用されたのは、1958年。

According to Merriam-Webster:

First Known Use of blame game: 1958

Examples

• "… yet another example of the blame game that has become endemic in American life. It's always someone else's fault, and government makes an easy and familiar target." —Zachary Karabell,  Time,  18 Oct. 2010
• "Anyone who has watched the … congressional hearings on the government's inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina has witnessed officials high and low playing the blame game." — Business Week,  10 Oct. 2005
• The 'Blame Game' pumps people up emotionally.
• Coal magnate Bob Murray is no stranger to the blame game.
• The blame game has already started in Miami and surprise, surprise, Erik Spoelstra has emerged as the clear target.