leave someone holding the baby
idiomTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.
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as if someone owns the place
Alternative form of like someone owns the place.
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baby and bathwater
Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
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baby elephant in the room
An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.
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baby step
A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
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baby up
To treat as a baby.
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Basin of gravy
[Cockney slang]baby
Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.
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be left holding the baby
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
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beat someone round the ears
To beat (a person) with blows about the head.