take the spear in one’s chest

take the spear (in one’s chest)

tv. to accept full blame for something; to accept the full brunt of the punishment for something. The admiral got the short straw and had to take the spear in his chest.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Simin	-	Persian
Shanthi	-	Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Kannada
Tyrell	tie-REL	English (Modern)
Aleixo	ə-LAY-shoo (Portuguese), a-LAY-shaw (Galician)	Portuguese, Galician
Kae	KAY	English (Rare)
Kalidas	-	Indian, Hindi