be left holding the baby

baby and bathwater

Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

baby elephant in the room

An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.

baby step

A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.

baby up

To treat as a baby.

Basin of gravy

[Cockney slang]baby

Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.

be left at the post

To be beaten from the beginning of a competition or race.

Elvis has left the building

A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

exit stage left

An orderly and uneventful departure, timed so as not to detract or distract.