I don't quite understand this sentence
Here's the context:
"Robert Baratheon had always been a man of huge appetites, a man who knew how to take his pleasures. That was not a charge anyone could lay at the door of Eddard Stark. Yet Ned could not help but notice that those pleasures were taking a toll on the king."

The sentence I don't understand: "That was not a charge anyone could lay at the door of Eddard Stark"
What does it mean? I have no clue whatsoever!!

Thank you!

Question

I don't quite understand this sentence
Here's the context:
"Robert Baratheon had always been a man of huge appetites, a man who knew how to take his pleasures. That was not a charge anyone could lay at the door of Eddard Stark. Yet Ned could not help but notice that those pleasures were taking a toll on the king."

The sentence I don't understand: "That was not a charge anyone could lay at the door of Eddard Stark"
What does it mean? I have no clue whatsoever!!

Thank you!

Answer

It means "charge" here as a crime or a bad act, and when it says "lay at the door of" it means accuse. So, what that sentence means is that no one can accuse Eddard Stark of eating a lot and enjoying himself like Robert Baratheon!

This is my first reply here so I hope I helped :)

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Yep exactly that, and you're welcome!

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Yep exactly that, and you're welcome!

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