Do I need to use passive form here? "The mirror is broken due to his/her ugly face"


There is a proverb as follows.

> The mirror is (intentionally) broken due to his/her ugly face.

More precisely, the mirror is broken by the user right after the user knows
that her/his face is (so) ugly. Literally it is used to refer to one who
blames other innocent one because of his/her own mistake.

# Questions

Which one should I use in Japanese? Passive or Active form?

  * A: 顔が悪くて、鏡を割る。
  * B: 顔が悪くて、鏡が割られる。

Bonus: Is there a proverb in Japanese with the same meaning?




**I would prefer A.**

Since a passive form typically makes the actor ambiguous, B has no nuance of
"intentionally by the user."

A similar phrase in Japanese is **[責任転嫁]{せきにんてんか}** , though it is not a kind
of proverb ([諺]{ことわざ}) but a four-character idiom ([四字熟語]{よじじゅくご}). I couldn't
find an exact proverb. cf. [discussion
here](http://qanda.rakuten.ne.jp/qa264835.html).

_Side Note_ : I at first imagined a situation that a mirror is broken by
itself because it could not bear reflecting such an ugly face. It seems to me
that, regarding breaking mirrors, this situation might be more familiar to the
Japanese.




**I would prefer A.**

Since a passive form typically makes the actor ambiguous, B has no nuance of
"intentionally by the user."

A similar phrase in Japanese is **[責任転嫁]{せきにんてんか}** , though it is not a kind
of proverb ([諺]{ことわざ}) but a four-character idiom ([四字熟語]{よじじゅくご}). I couldn't
find an exact proverb. cf. [discussion
here](http://qanda.rakuten.ne.jp/qa264835.html).

_Side Note_ : I at first imagined a situation that a mirror is broken by
itself because it could not bear reflecting such an ugly face. It seems to me
that, regarding breaking mirrors, this situation might be more familiar to the
Japanese.

