take the flak

informal intransitive

(intransitive, informal) To be strongly criticised.

Japanese Meaning

激しく批判される / 酷評を受ける / 責められる

When the project failed, the junior manager had to take the flak while the senior staff avoided blame.

プロジェクトが失敗したとき、上級スタッフが責任を回避する間、若手マネージャーが激しい批判を浴びた。

Sense（1）

(intransitive, informal) To be strongly criticised.

The manager's going to take the flak for taking our star player off the pitch.

takes the flak

（ present singular third-person ）

taking the flak

（ participle present ）

took the flak

（ past ）

taken the flak

（ participle past ）