a thief crying ’Stop thief’；cover oneself up by shouting with the crowd;the devil rebuking sin ❍ 一切侵略者都是惯于用～的手法，来制造侵略借口的。All aggressors are accustomed to using the trick of “the thief crying ‘Stop thief”in order to create a pretext for their aggression.
贼喊捉贼zei han zhuo zei
a thief crying “stop thief”
贼喊捉贼
a thief crying“Stop thief”；a robber acting like a cop
贼喊捉贼zéi hǎn zhuō zéi
偷东西的人却喊捉贼。比喻坏人为了逃脱罪责，故意转移目标，混淆视听。a thief crying stopthief, a robber acting like a cop