"leave holding the baby" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 把麻煩事全留給某人

Definition

如果你讓某人“holding the baby”，就是把所有的責任、責備或工作都推給對方，自己卻避開了。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於英式英語的非正式用語，與嬰兒無關。是指某人被迫承擔全部責任或罪責。

Examples

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

項目失敗時，他們**把麻煩事全留給了他**。

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

如果出了問題，不要**把麻煩事全留給我**。

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

她厭倦了工作中總是**被留下來承擔所有麻煩**。

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

到了打掃的時候大家都消失了，只剩我一個人**被留下來善後**。

He quit just before the deadline, so I got left holding the baby again.

他在截止日期前辭職了，所以我又一次**被留下來背黑鍋**。

It's not fair to leave someone holding the baby just to save yourself.

只是為了自保卻**把麻煩事全留給別人**，這樣不公平。