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idiom(sb wears) the black hat AmEAmEused about someone who is disliked or blamed by people for what is wrong in a situation:All our sales were made according to the law. We're not the black hats here.Wheelan is disliked in the Irish-American community for arresting illegal Irish immigrants. However, he says, "I don't wear my black hat all the time - I'm Irish too, you know."(wear) the white hat: "We're the white hats in this situation," Sapp said. "We're not just buying the company for its assets, and then running away from it with the profits."NoteThese idioms come from old Western films, in which the hero (= main character who does good things) wears a white hat and the villain (=main character who does evil things) wears a black hat.
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