📚 The villain of the piece, phrase. ❓ Definition (British): The person or thing responsible for all of the trouble or harm in a particular situation. ❗️ Examples: 1. TV tends to be cast as the villain of the piece. 2. Holdsworth was the villain of the piece when he missed an open goal. 3. He thinks she's trying to make him out to be the villain of the piece. 4. The locked-up wife is transformed into the villain of the piece. 5. Jones, the villain of the piece to Americans, was an Australian. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic