"look for a dog to kick" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Referring to the tendency some people have to vent their frustrations on things which appear to be unable to defend themselves, such as dogs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "look for a dog to kick (third-person singular simple present looks for a dog to kick, present participle looking for a dog to kick, simple past and past participle looked for a dog to kick)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seek someone or something to blame."
      ],
      "id": "en-look_for_a_dog_to_kick-en-verb-fWO~-Wz5",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To seek someone or something to blame."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "displaced aggression"
        },
        {
          "word": "it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog"
        },
        {
          "word": "scapegoat"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take it out on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-look for a dog to kick.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-au-look_for_a_dog_to_kick.ogg/En-au-look_for_a_dog_to_kick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-au-look_for_a_dog_to_kick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look for a dog to kick"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Referring to the tendency some people have to vent their frustrations on things which appear to be unable to defend themselves, such as dogs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a dog to kick",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "look for a dog to kick (third-person singular simple present looks for a dog to kick, present participle looking for a dog to kick, simple past and past participle looked for a dog to kick)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "displaced aggression"
    },
    {
      "word": "it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog"
    },
    {
      "word": "scapegoat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seek someone or something to blame."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To seek someone or something to blame."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take it out on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-look for a dog to kick.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-au-look_for_a_dog_to_kick.ogg/En-au-look_for_a_dog_to_kick.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-au-look_for_a_dog_to_kick.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look for a dog to kick"
}