hold the bag

Informal

1. To be left with empty hands.

2. To be forced to assume total responsibility when it ought to have been shared.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mykhaila	-	Ukrainian
JoŽIca	-	Slovene, Croatian
Ahtahkakoop	-	Native American, Cree
Petri	PET-ree (Finnish)	Finnish, Basque
Umar	-	Arabic
Macbeth	-	History