Old Maid is a card game for two to eight players, closely related to Chase the Ace. It takes its name from the expression "old maid",

Old Maid = Schwarzer Peter ?

O je, - das duerfte etwas sexistisch ankommen, selbst mit erklaerender Fussnote ;-))

NB: Ich schreibe fuer ein hauptsaechlich nicht-englisch-Muttersprachler Publikum, das aber englisch als Arbeitsspreche haben. Es koennte daher auch gehen "Schwarzer Peter" einfach direkt zu uebersetzen (weil bekannt in diversen europ. Sprachen), und eine umgekehrte Fussnote anzubringen.

Or did you mean to be blamed for sth.

Siehe auch: Schwarzer Peter
 
schau diesen Thread an (war vor ca. 10 Tagen) - vielleicht hilft das?

@mykl
Thanks for your link. Here it says
"Der Begriff "Schwarzer Peter", der oft verwendet wird, wenn es darum geht, jemand die Schuld für einen Fehler zuzuschieben."
--> which is the same like blaming somebody, or do I get something wrong?

Still: old maid was good (but see my comment to w), - still hope for more.

if you want the jist of the meaning.

Gib mal bei "Suche in allen Foren" "Schwarzer + Peter" ein, dann findest Du drei ältere Threads zu dem Thema, vielleicht ist etwas für Dich dabei.

I'm the scapegoat again, they laid all the blame on me again, the scapegoat effect

As ideas. Although I always though the SP was more a bad luck, you lose card, not a too bad its all your fault kind of card.

In that case how about the "go straight to jail, do not pass Go and collect 200 dollars" card. Or I picked the short straw again, got the short end of the stick.

thanks to all!
Also for the insights in the differences between "having it" (being left with)and "passing it" (then: the buck)!

Sorry I missed the previous thread(s) - they do not appear in LEO itself (when looking for "Schwarzer Peter"). Is this a common phenomenom?

You possibly forgot the "+" ?

@ibo - yes, it is common - I'm still looking for a thread from about 10 days ago but with 10 pages a day (with possible updates) that is a lot of looking. Also if the "asker" doesn't categorize the question properly and you don't remember the title then you haven't a hope :( - an unhappy word seeker!

I don't know. The threads do appear if you just search for "schwarzer" or "Peter".

support selkie - I'd go for "the scapegoat effect".

SChwarzer PEter

old mcdonald had a farm hia hia ho