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词汇 hang-out-to-dry
释义

hang someone out to dry


idiom disapproving
to allow someone to be punished, criticized, or made to suffer in a way that is unfair, without trying to help them:
They felt they had been hung out to dry by their employers.
He said, "We will not let the media hang this man out to dry."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unhelpful and Uncooperative
awkward
awkwardly
awkwardness
balky
deterrent
non-cooperation
non-cooperative
obstructionism
obstructionist
obstructive
pre-emptive
stiflingly
stultifying
stultifyingly
unaccommodating
uncooperativeness
under your feetidiom
unforthcoming
unhelpful
unhelpfully

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