leave to twist

/leave twisting in the wind

To abandon (someone) to a bad situation, often as a recipient of blame: "If our envoy was so blameless, why had she been left to twist in the wind?" (William Safire).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adelajda	ah-de-LIE-dah	Polish
Idowu	-	Western African, Yoruba
Darinka	-	Slovene, Croatian
Tyra	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Rossi	[rəu'si:]
Ronen	-	Hebrew