| 词汇 | hung one out to dry |
| 释义 | (redirected from hung one out to dry)hang (one) out to dryTo desert one in a troubling situation. He says he's my friend, but then he totally hung me out to dry in that meeting! Not one word of support as the boss tore into me! hang someone out to dryFig. to defeat or punish someone. The boss was really angry at Billie. He yelled at him and hung him out to dry. hang out to dryAbandon someone to danger, as in The squadron withdrew and just let us hang out to dry. This expression alludes to hanging wet laundry on a clothesline. [Slang; 1960s] hang someone out to dryleave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation. informalThe image here is of hanging wet washing on a clothes line to dry. The idea of ‘flapping uselessly or ineffectually’ like clothes drying in the wind is also behind the cricketing metaphor hanging your bat out to dry , which dates from the late 19th century and means ‘holding your bat away from your body at an ineffectual angle’. 1998 Spectator We point out that another MP…has been hung out to dry for failing to declare what was (relative to this) a minuscule interest. hang somebody out to ˈdry(American English, informal) leave somebody in a difficult situation without your support, especially to avoid receiving any blame yourself: It was his own party who hung him out to dry for losing the election. |
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