jelentés / meaning:
magára hagy valakit, cserben hagy valakit, magára hagy valakit egy problémával (és gyakran a felelőséggel, őt hibáztatva)
- Leaving someone on his (or her) own.
- Leaving someone behind to take the blame for a bad situation
- Abandoning someone who is in need of help
példák / examples:
- After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry.
- When the department got into difficulties, his bosses simply hung him out to dry.
- A. Why are you so upset with me? B. You left me hanging out to dry!! You didn’t even TRY to help!
- Scott Harrison is struggling but we can't hang him out to dry, says Tommy Gilmour
