guilt trip

English translation: make others feel guilty

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English term or phrase:	guilt trip
Selected answer:	make others feel guilty
Entered by:	B D Finch

08:33 Nov 21, 2012

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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / an american idiom

English term or phrase: guilt trip

I have been trying to figure out how to say this for years. Not actively, mind you just something that has been in the back of my mind for a long time. The context could be something like Wow, you must be a member of the pilot hall of fame the way you are able to make guilt trips slide off your tongue so easily.

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make others feel guilty

Explanation:
As I read it, "... the way you are able to make guilt trips slide off your tongue so easily" is accusing the person being spoken to of habitually guilt-tripping other people - perhaps the speaker in particular.

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:11

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make others feel guilty

B D Finch

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guilt trip

Grzegorz Mizera

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peer agreement (net): +6

make others feel guilty

B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

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Charles Davis: I am still by no means sure whether this asker wants an English explanation or a Spanish translation, but I agree with your reading. // No indeed; it's just that he/she seems to be a native speaker of Am. English who works in EN<>SP.

1 hr

-> Thanks Charles. I can't see anything about Spanish in the question??

agree

P.L.F. Persio: oh yes, it does make sense!

2 hrs

-> Thanks missdutch.

agree

Tina Vonhof (X): Guilt trips don't usually 'slide off your tongue' - it's not an accusation. You find a roundabout way to make a person feel guilty when in fact they may not be.

4 hrs

-> Thanks Tina. Guilt-tripping other people needn't necessarily be "roundabout", or even malicious, though it often is.

agree

Jenni Lukac (X): After checking in to thank Simon for his vote and seeing BD's interpretation, I'm taking mine out. I think hers is much more logical.

5 hrs

-> Thanks Jenni

agree

Phong Le

14 hrs

-> Thanks Phong Le

agree

Charlesp

1 day 9 hrs

-> Thanks Charles

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Reference: guilt trip

Reference information:
A usually prolonged feeling of guilt or culpability.

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guilt+trip

Grzegorz Mizera
Estonia
Native speaker of:

Polish

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