bus throw 

The noun form of the verb phrase "to throw someone under the bus".

Dude, it was such a bus throw when he told our boss that I was the one that forgot to lock the gate.

bus throw by conanchicken May 5, 2011

throw under the bus 

to sacrifice some other person, usually one who is undeserving or at least vulnerable, to make personal gain.

He'd throw his mother under the bus if it'd mean he could beat the rap.

throw under the bus by Jeffrey December 17, 2004

throw under the bus 

One is thrown under the bus when they are made the scapegoat or blamed for something that wasn't their responsibility in the first place. A coverup for your mistake.

Ruby Red, I didn't have time to do the business report, so I threw you under the bus and told the boss it was your job instead.

throw under the bus by Shell April 5, 2005

throw under the bus 

Physically throwing a person under a big, smelly city bus is the perfect metaphor for the act of positioning someone to be ground up under the wheels of the ever rolling omnibus of society in your stead. The bus carries people. The people's weight is what crushes the victim. This setting up of a patsy has an earlier, more agrarian beginning in "throwing him to the wolves." Someone is going down, it's not going to be you, so you select a candidate to feed into the system.

"Throw under the bus"
Every time the president gets in trouble, he'll throw another cabinet member under the bus.

throw under the bus by Chris Zizzo May 26, 2006

throw under the bus 

You get thrown under the bus when someone (usually a co-worker) reports some wrongdoing or slacking off to a superior or other influential person. Sometimes used with the suffix "Vrooooom!" to simulate the noise the bus would make as it passes by at a high rate of speed.

"Dicky George, I can't believe you just threw me under the bus."

throw under the bus by Jeremy October 30, 2002

throw him under the bus 

A special case of "throw under the bus" when a man disdains another man as sexist in order to curry favor with or get in the pants of a woman.

Jerry's botched pick-up line was the perfect opportunity for Barry to throw him under the bus and ask Sarah to rumble on the dance floor.

throw him under the bus by jlabbe February 17, 2007

throw under the bus 

1. To reveal information damaging to another's character as to a boss or girlfriend.

Yo, Ben, thanks for throwing me under the bus with that remark about those girls.

throw under the bus by theunknowngl October 16, 2004