be left holding the baby
UK US be left holding the bagto suddenly have to deal with a difficult situation because others have decided that they do not want the responsibility:
The other investors pulled out of the project and we were left holding the baby.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- buckle
- cut
- head
- hold
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- live to fight another day idiom
- manage
- roll
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- take sth in your stride idiom
- wolf
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