saddled with (someone or something)
saddled with (someone or something)
Forced to deal with some burdensome person, task, responsibility, etc. The managing editor's departure left me saddled with tons of extra work. Many students find themselves without jobs and saddled with debt upon graduating from college. You shouldn't have to be saddled with the emotional baggage of another person.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
saddled with someone or something
Fig. burdened with someone or something. I've been saddled with the children all day. Let's go out tonight. I don't want to be saddled with your work.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
saddled with someone or something
mod. burdened with someone or something. I’ve been saddled with the children all day. Let’s go out tonight.
See also: saddle, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- saddled with someone or something
- (Someone or something) called, they want their (something) back!
- a rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
- a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
- a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
- bushel
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
- rotten apple spoils the barrel