English Dictionary

lay at someone's door

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something).

日本語の意味

誰かに責任を転嫁する / ある問題の原因を他者に求める / 問題や非難を特定の人物に押し付ける

You can't lay at someone's door every mistake the team makes when the processes are clearly flawed.

プロセスに明らかな欠陥があるときに、チームが犯すすべてのミスを一人のせいにするわけにはいかない。

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something).

Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.

lays at someone's door （ present singular third-person ）

laying at someone's door （ participle present ）

laid at someone's door （ participle past ）

laid at someone's door （ past ）