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
Gisselle	ji-ZEL	English (Modern)
Basmath	BAS-math (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Ceferino	the-fe-REE-no (Spanish), se-fe-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Branson	BRAN-sən	English (Modern)
Gioele	jo-EL-e	Italian
Abidemi	-	Western African, Yoruba