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词汇 be left holding the baby
释义
Idiom
be left holding the baby
British, American to suddenly have to deal with a difficult problem or responsibility because someone else has decided they do not want to deal with it.
He abandoned the project after a year because he felt that it was going to fail and I was left holding the baby.
idiombe left holding the baby BrEBrEto be left to deal with the problems of a situation on your own, without any help from the other people who are responsible for the situation:I've been left holding the baby, with no money and no job, while he gets special counselling.Peterson was left holding the baby after the company restructuring ran into problems.AmE = be left holding the bag

be left holding the baby

To be abandoned and burdened with the blame or responsibility of something; to be made to deal with something because no one else is willing to participate or be held accountable. The CEO vanished when the police started investigating our questionable investment activity, and I was left holding the baby! John and the boys decided to go to the bar when it came time to clean up after the party, so the other wives and I were left holding the baby.

be left holding the baby

BRITISH
If you are left holding the baby, you are made responsible for a problem that nobody else wants to deal with. If anything goes wrong on this, Agnes, it's you and I who'll be left holding the baby. More often than he liked, Taylor was left holding the baby. Note: The usual American expression is be left holding the bag.

be left holding the baby

be left with an unwelcome responsibility, often without warning.
A US variant of this expression is be left holding the bag .
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