After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
hang someone out to dry — informal leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation. → hang … English new terms dictionary
hang someone out to dry — informal leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation … Useful english dictionary
hang out to dry — hang (someone) out to dry to not support or help someone. After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry. Etymology: based on the practice of hanging an animal that has been killed in a tree so its meat can dry … New idioms dictionary
hang out to dry — If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when they are in trouble … The small dictionary of idiomes
hang out to dry — If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when they are in trouble. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Hang out to dry — If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when they are in trouble … Dictionary of English idioms
hang someone or something out to dry — hang (someone or something) out to dry see hang out at ↑hang, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
hang out to dry — phrasal : to leave stranded in a hopeless or dangerous situation * * * hang (someone or something) out to dry see hang out at ↑hang, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
hang out to dry — verb a) To attach washing to a clothesline to dry. Without supplemental health insurance, we would have been hung out to dry. b) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent … Wiktionary
hang — verb (past and past participle hung except in sense 2) 1》 suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. ↘attach or be attached so as to allow free movement about the point of attachment. ↘attach (meat or game) to a… … English new terms dictionary
