"A person who does things for me and befriended me and helped me out when I needed help, I'm certainly not going to throw them under the bus," she said.

"I got thrown under the bus by BAE," she says. "They did not want to take responsibility, so they pointed at us."

Captain Tagon: So, all you did was serve us fast, before [chef] Ch'votlq could deploy his whisk of ruin?
Liz: Please don't make me throw my new boss under the bus.

A recent magazine article discussed the need to throw under the bus worn-out cultural catchphrases, with the first being “throw under the bus.”

Throw under the bus

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