leave someone in the lurch

English

leave someone in the lurch (third-person singular simple present leaves someone in the lurch, present participle leaving someone in the lurch, simple past and past participle left someone in the lurch)

(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.
- Hudibras
  But though thou'rt of a different church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.

to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation

Czech: nechat ve štychu
Finnish: jättää pulaan
French: planter (fr), planter là
German: im Stich lassen (de), sitzen lassen
Hungarian: cserben hagy (hu), pácban hagy, benne hagy a pácban, magára hagy, sorsára hagy, benne hagy a csávában, benne hagy a slamasztikában
Irish: fág san abar, fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine
Italian: lasciare in asso, piantare in asso
Norwegian: la i stikken
Russian: оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́ pf (ostávitʹ na proizvól sudʹbý)
Spanish: dejar tirado, dejar en la estacada, dejar con los crespos hechos, dejar plantado
Swedish: lämna i sticket (sv)
Turkish: ortada bırakmak (tr), ortada komak

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