shoot the messenger

(humorous)

to blame or punish the person who tells you about something bad that has happened instead of the person who is responsible for it And now for tomorrow's weather - it's going to be cold, wet and stormy, but don't shoot the messenger!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Larry	LER-ee, LAR-ee	English
TimothÉ	tee-mo-TE	French
Marijana	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Jadranko	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Adino	-	Biblical
Iason	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin