use (someone or something) as an excuse
использовать что-либо в качестве оправдания, винить кого-либо
The students often use traffic jams as an excuse not to come to class in time.
Другие идиомы:
- use some elbow grease
- use up
- use strong language
- use every trick in the book
- until the cows come home
- ugly duckling
- under the wings of (someone)
- up the ante
- under one's belt
- university of life
- up to one's ears/eyeballs/neck in (something)
- under (someone's) nose
- upset the applecart
- under one's thumb
- up in arms