| 词组 | leave someone to twist in the wind |
| 释义 | Idiom leave someone to twist in the wind(leave someone to) twist in the wind 1. to keep someone waiting for a decision or answer. Carolyn was left twisting in the wind for about a week, and so were several other people who interviewed for the job. 2. to be forced to exist without support or help. Some workers were fired and left to twist in the wind after many years on the job.People know she's ambitious and are afraid she might leave the company twisting in the wind if a better job came along. leave (one) to twist in the windTo put one in a very difficult, troublesome, or problematic situation as a result of some action or decision. You really left us to twist in the wind when you decided to take your vacation right before the project's deadline! The government's sudden decision not to continue funding the program has left many residents to twist in the wind. leave to twist/leave twisting in the wind To abandon (someone) to a bad situation, often as a recipient of blame: "If our envoy was so blameless, why had she been left to twist in the wind?" (William Safire). |
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