lie at smb.'s door

lie at smb.'s door: (lie at smb.'s door (или at the door of smb.))

лежать на чьей-л. совести [этим. библ. Genesis IV, 10]; см. тж. be at smb's door 2)

...if they will murder me... let my sins as well as my blood lie at their door. (W. Scott, ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian’, ch. VII) — ...если они убьют меня... да падет моя кровь и мои грехи на их голову.

The responsibility for her death doesn't lie at your door. (A. Christie, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’, ch. IV) — Вы не повинны в смерти миссис Ферраре.

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