(as) messed up as Hogan's goat Idioma

get your goat

annoy you, bug you, get to me Don't let Jason get your goat. He teases everybody.

old goat

an old man, a cranky man Henry Wilson - that old goat - told the kids to get off his lawn.

the goat

the person who is blamed for a problem Ken is the goat, but all he did was open the door for the students.

separate the sheep from the goats

Idiom(s): separate the sheep from the goats

Theme: DIVISION

to divide people into two groups.
• Working in a place like this really separates the sheep from the goats.
• We cant go on with the game until we separate the sheep from the goats. Let's see who can jump the farthest.

make sb the scapegoat for

Idiom(s): make sb the scapegoat for sth

Theme: BLAME

to make someone take the blame for something.
• They made Tom the scapegoat for the whole affair. It wasn't all his fault.
• Don't try to make me the scapegoat. I'll tell who really did it.

get one's goat

Idiom(s): get one's goat

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to irritate someone; to annoy and arouse someone to anger.
• I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get your goat.
• Jean got Sally's goat and Sally made quite a fuss about it.
• Tom really had her goat for a while.

Scapegoat

Someone else who takes the blame.

get someone's goat

annoy someone: "It really gets my goat when she criticises him - it's not as if she's perfect herself."

get one's goat|get|goat

v. phr., informal To make a person disgusted or angry. The boy's laziness all summer got his father's goat. The slow service at the cafe got Mr. Robinson's goat.

goat

goat
see get someone's goat; separate the sheep from the goats.