He who excuses himself accuses himself proverb
Used to say that if one apologizes for a wrong action, he/she admits that they have done it.
I think you shouldn't apologize for that mistake. Because he who excuses himself accuses himself.
She broke her mom's vase but she didn't apologize. It refered me to the proverb:"He who excuses himself accuses himself".
The proverb originates from a Latin phrase of medieval origin: "Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta".
Seem to be very suspicious or morally unacceptable
This deal stinks to high heaven. Maybe somebody was bribed.