leave someone holding the bag

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词形变化

leaves someone holding the bag 三单 leaving someone holding the bag 现在分词 left someone holding the bag 过去式 left someone holding the bag 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.

    比喻

    After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag.

  2. 2.

    To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.

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词源

Originated in 18th-century Britain, referring to a person left holding stolen goods while the rest of a criminal gang escapes.

来源：wiktionary