ego Idioma

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

ego trip

feeling of self importance, feeling superior If you tell him he played well, he'll go on an ego trip.

foregone conclusion

(See a foregone conclusion)

in the hoosegow

(See in the slammer)

stroke your ego

cause you to feel confident or proud Compliments are wonderful because they stroke your ego.

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.

Alter ego

An alter ego is a very close and intimate friend. It is a Latin phrase that literally means 'other self'.

Scapegoat

Someone else who takes the blame.

foregoing

foregoing
the foregoing
1) the one or ones previously mentioned
2) what has already been said or written

foregone conclusion, a

foregone conclusion, a
1) An outcome regarded as inevitable, as in The victory was a foregone conclusion.
2) A conclusion formed in advance of argument or consideration, as in The jury was warned to consider all of the evidence and not base their decision on a foregone conclusion. This idiom probably was invented by Shakespeare (Othello, 3:3) but scholars are not agreed as to his precise meaning. [c. 1600]