كيف تنطق "leave holding the baby"

expression

LEEV HOHLD-ing thuh BAY-bee

التعريف

If you leave someone holding the baby, you make them take all the blame, responsibility, or work for a situation, especially when others have avoided it.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɫiv/ /ˈhoʊɫdɪŋ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbeɪbi

الإنجليزية البريطانية

lˈiːv/ /hˈəʊldɪŋ/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈeɪbi

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

LEEV HOHLD-ing thuh BAY-bee

بريطاني

LEEV HOHLD-ing thuh BAY-bee

استمع في السياق

When the project failed, they left him holding the baby.

Don't leave me holding the baby if something goes wrong.

She was tired of always being left holding the baby at work.

Everyone disappeared when it was time to clean up, and I was left holding the baby.