They all ran off and left me holding the bag. It wasn't even my fault.
•It was all the mayor's fault, but he wasn't left holding the bag.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
leave someone holding the bag — leave (someone) holding the bag to make someone else take all of the responsibility. If we loan the company money we want to be sure it won t fail and leave us holding the bag … New idioms dictionary
leave smb holding the bag — leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident … Idioms and examples
leave holding the bag — leave (someone) holding the bag to make someone else take all of the responsibility. If we loan the company money we want to be sure it won t fail and leave us holding the bag … New idioms dictionary
leave someone in the lurch — verb To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation. He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself. Syn: leave somebody holding the bag, bilk … Wiktionary
leave\ holding\ the\ bag — • leave holding the bag • leave holding the sack v. phr. informal 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag. 2. To force (someone) to take the whole… … Словарь американских идиом
leave holding the bag — leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident … Idioms and examples
leave holding the bag — or[leave holding the sack] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, * /In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag./ 2. To force (someone) to take the whole responsibility or blame… … Dictionary of American idioms
leave holding the bag — or[leave holding the sack] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, * /In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag./ 2. To force (someone) to take the whole responsibility or blame… … Dictionary of American idioms
leave holding the bag — leave someone else to deal with the consequences, leave someone else with the responsibility … English contemporary dictionary
leave\ holding\ the\ sack — • leave holding the bag • leave holding the sack v. phr. informal 1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag. 2. To force (someone) to take the whole… … Словарь американских идиом
bag — bag1 W2S1 [bæg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(container)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3 old/stupid bag 4¦(a lot of something)¦ 5 pack your bags 6¦(eyes)¦ 7 a bag of bones 8 in the bag 9¦(trousers)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
