What does don't shoot the messenger mean?

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don't shoot the messenger

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

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shoot the messenger don't hate the player, hate the game

shoot the messenger don't hate the player, hate the game

What does don't shoot the messenger mean?: The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for it.

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