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
Meadow	MED-o	English (Modern)
Isaura	ee-SOW-rah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish, Late Roman
Siran	-	Armenian
Decima	DEK-i-ma	Ancient Roman
Robrecht	-	Dutch
Julita	yuw-LEE-tah	Polish