Idiom
be left holding the baby
Meaning
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My partner quit, so I was left holding the baby.”
“When the manager resigned suddenly, the rest of the team was left holding the baby to finish the project on time.”
“After the primary investors withdrew their support, the startup founders were left holding the baby, forced to manage the mounting debts alone.”
Examples
simple
“My partner quit, so I was left holding the baby.”
contextual
“When the manager resigned suddenly, the rest of the team was left holding the baby to finish the project on time.”
complex
“After the primary investors withdrew their support, the startup founders were left holding the baby, forced to manage the mounting debts alone.”
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