pass the buck

Etymology
May have originated with the game of poker, in which a marker or counter, frequently in frontier days a knife with a buckhorn handle, was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buckhorn" or "buck", as the marker came to be called, to the next player.

Verb

 * 1)  To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.

Translations

 * Catalan: passar la pilota
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 推卸責任
 * Danish: sende aben videre
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pakoilla vastuuta
 * French:
 * German: die Verantwortung weiterreichen (an), die Verantwortung schieben (auf), die Schuld abschieben (auf)
 * Italian: fare a scaricabarile
 * Japanese:, 盥回しにする
 * Maori: whakarare, uapare
 * Russian: сва́ливать отве́тственность, переводи́ть стре́лки
 * Spanish: pasar la bola
 * Vietnamese: đổ trách nhiệm, chuồi trách nhiệm, đổ tội, đổ lỗi, đổ quanh