"leave holding the baby" 怎么发音

expression

LEEV HOHLD-ing thuh BAY-bee

释义

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.

IPA 音标

美式英语

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

英式英语

lˈiːv/ /hˈəʊldɪŋ/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈeɪbi

简化发音

美式

LEEV HOHLD-ing thuh BAY-bee

英式

LEEV HOHLD-ing thuh BAY-bee

语境中听

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.