leave (someone) holding the baby



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leave (someone) holding the baby

To foist responsibility or guilt for something on someone else; to allow someone else to take the blame for something. Primarily heard in UK. My partner had been cooking the books for years, and he left me holding the baby when the business collapsed.
See also: baby, holding, leave

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sead-Bosnian
Iseabail-Scottish
Self[self]
LydiaLID-ee-ə (English), LUY-dee-ah (German, Finnish)English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Chukwu-Mythology
Cezar-Romanian, Portuguese (Brazilian)