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：2025/11/22
kill the messenger
Verb
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Japanese Meaning
（文字通りの意味としては）伝令（使者）を殺すこと。 / （比喩的に）悪い知らせを持ってきた人に対して、問題の本質ではなく伝達者そのものに怒りをぶつける行為を意味する。 / 「shoot the messenger」の別表現として、情報を伝える者が不利益を被る状況を示す。
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ participle past ）
（ past ）
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Alternative form of shoot the messenger
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kill the messenger
Before you decide to kill the messenger, consider whether the information is accurate and who supplied it.
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Before you decide to kill the messenger, consider whether the information is accurate and who supplied it.
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