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
Vjekoslav	-	Croatian
Ingolf	ING-gawlf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Luann	loo-AN	English
DionÍSio	dee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Portuguese), jee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Osip	O-seep	Russian
Petia	-	Russian, Bulgarian