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
Anneliese	ah-ne-LEE-zə (German), ahn-nə-LEE-sə (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Iliyana	-	Bulgarian
Sorcha	SAWR-ə-khə (Irish), SAWR-khə (Irish)	Irish, Scottish
Tiarnach	-	Irish
Stearns	[stɜ:nz]
Joceline	zho-sə-LEEN	French