Could someone please give the equivalent  English phrase for  ตกบันไดพลอยโจน

Thank you.

Edited January 26, 20224 yr by MUSTYJACK

I think it means everyone in a group must accept responsibility for actions of anyone in  the group. The closest I can think of is "guilty by association"!

to confess (from LEXiTRON dictionary)

The words I would use for "confession" are สารภาพ, ยอมรับ and รับผิด.

 

Does the phrase ตกบันไดพลอยโจน have an underlying subtlety, such as "confess by mistake",  "act in such a way that proves guilt", "make an error that proves my guilt", "when you are in a hole, stop digging"

 

I am uncertain as to how the phrase would be used.

 

Any pointers?

 

 

This entry in thai-language.com is more or less in line with what LosLobo said:

 

http://www.thai-language.com/id/217834

 

Quote   to succumb to or make the best of the inevitable; follow through after a false step; admit error and do the right thing; to be an innocent victim; become embroiled in a problem not of one's own making   notes Lexitron: จำเป็นที่จะต้องยอมเข้าไปเกี่ยวข้องกับเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้นเมื่อไม่มีทางเลี่ยง To become involved in a situation when it becomes necessary, especially when the involvement is unavoidable.   เขาปฏิเสธไม่ได้จนต้องตกกระไดพลอยโจนรับผิดทั้งที่ไม่ได้เป็นคนทำhttp://www.thai-language.com/img/phr_link.gif   Thanks for all the replies,  the Lexitron definition and examples explains it perfectly.

Its use as an idiom is also listed in Wiktionary.

 

https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/ตกกระไดพลอยโจน

 

I think ตกกระไดพลอยโจน might have a meaning similar to โดนหางเลข