"get off the bus" threads: when did you get off the bus?

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Urban Dictionary: throw under the bus7 posts - 7 authors - Last post: 10 Mar
to sacrifice some other person, usually one who is undeserving or at least vulnerable, to make personal gain.
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Beats me, is ths a replacement for "take one for the team" ?

no

I guess this is an American thing. I'm so fucking tired of hearing people use this phrase. And it's almost always stated by attention-seeking lowlifes.

Yeah, over here it's more about having back-up for your job role "what if you fell under a bus, where would we be then, ay?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijD5WLTGnYY

When did get off the bus threads jump the shark?

THIS IS THE ILM BUS

Hush that fuss. Everybody move to the back of the bus.

the Who: when did you get off the Magic Bus?

nice

When did people start talking about getting 'thrown under the bus'? There's been a disturbing increase in the use of this phrase over the past 5 years.
--Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res)

I noticed this too! I heard it first on Rock Of Love. I think reality tv contestants have been perpetuating this one

08 primaries

it's business-speak creeping into the wider lexicon, guys

that phrase has been floating around offices as a way of complaining about being someone's scapegoat for over a decade

started life as "thrown under a boss"

i feel like i heard rappers say "thrown under a bus" way before i heard office workers and reality show contestants say it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t6c9F5JE34

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