Have you ever heard someone use a phrase that just didn’t sound right? It happens a lot! Some expressions are so often misused that people start thinking the wrong version is correct. Let’s look at some of these common mix-ups and learn the right way to say them.

“Escape goat”

When someone is wrongly blamed for another person’s mistakes, you might hear them called an “escape goat.” However, that’s not the correct term. The right word is “scapegoat,” which comes from a religious practice where people’s sins were symbolically placed on a goat that was then sacrificed to remove wrongdoing.