Смысл: beholdingbehold1.[bıʹhəʋld]v (beheld) книжн. <Í> 1) смотреть, созерцать to behold the sunrise - любоваться восходом солнца 2) узреть; заметить Í> 2.[bıʹhəʋld]intуст. <Í> смотри!, вот! behold the man - библ.се человек Í>
olding Идиома
holding the bag
left alone to finish the work or be responsible Mom says we leave her holding the bag - to finish jobs alone.
leave (someone) holding the bag
leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident.
leave you holding the bag
leave you to do the work or finish a difficult job He left me holding the bag. I had to finish the work by myself.
left holding the bag
(See leave you holding the bag)
leave sb holding the bag
Idiom(s): leave sb holding the bag
Theme: BLAME
to leave someone to take all the blame; to leave someone appearing guilty. (Informal.) • They all ran off and left me holding the bag. It wasn't even my fault. • It was the mayor's fault, but he wasn't left holding the bag.
leave holding the bag|bag|holding the bag|holding
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 for something that others should share. When the ball hit the glass, the team scattered and left George holding the bag.After the party, the other girls on the clean-up committee went away with their dates, and left Mary holding the bag.
leave holding the bag
leave holding the bag Abandon someone, force someone to bear the responsibility or blame. For example, Her friends said they were too busy to help with cleaning up, and left Lucy holding the bag. This expression is often put as be left holding the bag, as in When they quit the clean-up committee, Lucy was left holding the bag. This idiom grew out of the earlier give one the bag (to hold), which dates from about 1600 and alludes to being left with an empty bag while others have taken the valuable contents. Also see leave in the lurch.
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