lay something at the feet of

lay (something) at the feet of

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To assign responsibility for (something) to (someone).
   • 2009 Mar/Apr, Clara Jeffery, “Michael Pollan fixes dinner”, in Mother Jones, volume 34, number 2, page 32:

     How much of our current agricultural policy can we lay at the feet of the Iowa caucuses?

   • 2018 'Disappointed': Too late for off-site pill testing at Spilt Milk The Canberra Times

     He did not lay the blame at the feet of the territory government, but rather conservative politicians that might have had a hand in convincing the federal government, and through it, the authority, to put a stop to the mooted trial.