Phrase-"thrown under the bus"

[Grant Barrett]

Great find. There's an article about the expression in USA Today from
May 24, 2005:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/zillgitt/2005-05-24-
zillgitt_x.htm

There's a bus driving across the sporting landscape, sometimes
speeding, sometimes moving along at a crawl, collecting individuals
near the front and rear axles, near the front and rear tires, near
the muffler, near the exhaust pipe and near the driveshaft. Those
people have been "thrown under the bus."

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

On Oct 1, 2006, at 21:33, Sam Clements wrote:

> Couldn't find it in the archives.
>
> I've become aware of it in the last few months, but upon reading it
> twice this weekend in stories, I just have to ask who invented it?
> Fred?
>
> A news story today about steroids/Jason Grimsley
>
> "I don't have a comment," added Tejada, who was also involved in a
> steroid controversy with former teammate Rafael Palmeiro. "What can
> I do? I just played one [year] with Grimsley. I already got thrown
> under the bus with Palmeiro. I'm not worried about it, and I said I
> don't have a comment."
>
> Then, in a story about the Foley affair,  I read it again.
>
> So, I Google "under the bus" using their News search, and got an
> astounding 588 hits!
>
> Hopefully this indicates the expression has "jumped the shark" and
> will soon disappear.
>
> Sam Clements
>
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