#idiom leave someone high and dry to leave someone in a di | Let's Learn English
#idiom
leave someone high and dry to leave someone in a difficult situation without any help
You really left me high and dry when you forgot to pick me up last night. I had no way of calling or getting home!
The departure of several key employees has left the business high and dry.
Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.
All the children ran away and left Billy high and dry to take the blame for the broken window.
