Idiom medium 37 / 51
“scot-free”
i · The common misuse One wrong form
ii · What it meansTwo lines, no filler
'Scot' is an old word for tax. 'Scot-free' means tax-free, so unpunished. Nothing to do with Scotland or whisky.
iii · Memory hookKeep this one
Scot = tax (Old English). One T.