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
Ilya	eel-YAH	Russian
TeÓFilo	te-O-fee-lo (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Lois (1)	LO-is (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Pamella	PAM-ə-lə	English
Cairbre	KAHR-bra	Irish, Scottish
Gibbs	[gibz]