hang (someone) out to dry

to not support or help someone.

After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry.

Etymology: based on the practice of hanging an animal that has been killed in a tree so its meat can dry

• mind the store
• the top of the line
• the top of the tree
• the trouble with
• the trouble with someone
• the trouble with something
• the twilight zone
• the upper crust
• the villain of the piece
• the way things are
• the way things are going
• the wheel has come full circle.
• the wheel has turned full circle.
• the wheels are turning
• the whole ball of wax
• the whole bit
• the whole caboodle
• the whole enchilada
• the whole kaboodle
• the whole kit and caboodle
• the whole nine yards
• the whole picture
• the whole shebang
• the whole shooting match
• the whole works