be left hanging (in the air/in midair)

To remain unresolved or unaddressed. I don't think he's very knowledgeable on this topic—my very basic question was left hanging in the air.

be left hanging in the air

COMMON If a question or remark is left hanging in the air, it is not answered or discussed. The presenter made intelligent points but never challenged anybody, so we were left with a lot of questions hanging in the air. He looked at neither of them but left his remark hanging in the air. Note: You can also say that a question or remark hangs in the air. `We are losing our sense of the eternal. I think it's a loss that has done a great deal of damage to modern art.' His words hung enigmatically in the air.

词组	be left hanging (in the air/in midair)
释义	be left hanging (in the air/in midair) be left hanging (in the air/in midair) To remain unresolved or unaddressed. I don't think he's very knowledgeable on this topic—my very basic question was left hanging in the air. See also: air, hanging, left Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be left hanging in the air COMMON If a question or remark is left hanging in the air, it is not answered or discussed. The presenter made intelligent points but never challenged anybody, so we were left with a lot of questions hanging in the air. He looked at neither of them but left his remark hanging in the air. Note: You can also say that a question or remark hangs in the air. `We are losing our sense of the eternal. I think it's a loss that has done a great deal of damage to modern art.' His words hung enigmatically in the air. See also: air, hanging, left Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: be left hanging in the air midair grievance air (one's) grievances air grievances air one's grievances dance on air walk on air walk on air, to float on air
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