be left holding the baby

(British) also be left holding the bag (American)

to suddenly have to deal with a difficult problem or responsibility because someone else has decided they do not want to deal with it He abandoned the project after a year because he felt that it was going to fail and I was left holding the baby.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aqila	-	Arabic
Sofiya	sah-FEE-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Roland	RO-lənd (English), ro-LAWN (French), RO-lawnd (Hungarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Medieval French
GÜRsel	-	Turkish
Elchin	-	Azerbaijani
Vygantas	-	Lithuanian