English Dictionary

lay at someone's door

verb

(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something).

The blame for the accident cannot be laid at anyone's door.

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something).

Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.