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leave someone holding the babyTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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leave someone holding the bagTo remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.Rate it:

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leave someone holding the bagTo abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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Leave Someone Holding the BagTo fully accuse someone for something when the accusation is equally shared and applied to somebody else as wellRate it:

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be left holding the babyTo be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.Rate it:

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leave somebody holding the bagTo abandon somebody, leaving the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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holding patternAny failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity.Rate it:

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holding patternA path taken by an aircraft waiting to land.Rate it:

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left holding the bagBeing blamed for something.Rate it:

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leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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leave someone in the lurchTo abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.Rate it:

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leave someone out in the coldTo fail to provide someone with support; to neglect or ignore.Rate it:

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baby brainForgetfulness incurred from pregnancy.Rate it:

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baby dollPrenda femenina para dormir, con faldas cortas, ajustada y con gran escote, que cubre parte del tronco, del busto hacia abajo, y se sostiene con breteles.Rate it:

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baby elephant in the roomAn obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.Rate it:

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baby on boardPhrase on a sign attached to the rear of a motor car to signify that a baby is sometimes carried.Rate it:

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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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baby-killera long-range Zeppelin bomberRate it:

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food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.Rate it:

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mama's baby, papa's maybeIt is easy to know the biological mother of a child, but difficult to be sure who the biological father is.Rate it:

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sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:

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smooth as a baby's bottomextremely smooth.Rate it:

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throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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baby upto treat as a baby.Rate it:

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baby bluesPeriod and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.Rate it:

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soft as a baby's bottomextremely soft (not rough)Rate it:

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baby-killera pregnant woman who receives an abortionRate it:

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baby-killerUsed other than as an idiom: see baby, killer.Rate it:

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baby-killera person who advocates abortionRate it:

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baby-killeran abortionistRate it:

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baby showerCelebración por un bebé que esta por nacer.Rate it:

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baby-killera saloon, used by the Temperance MovementRate it:

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cry like a baby(of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.Rate it:

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double rainbow babya term given to a child born after two miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths.Rate it:

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golden babyA baby born after a rainbow babyRate it:

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like taking candy from a babyEasy to achieve.Rate it:

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make baby Jesus cryTo provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.Rate it:

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rainbow babyA baby born following a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant. Also known as a 'sunshine' baby or an 'angel' baby. They bring joy to a grieving family following stillbirth or infant loss.Rate it:

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rubber baby buggy bumpersa tongue twister; a phrase that if spoken rapidly and repeatedly is difficult to say without making a mistakeRate it:

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this won't get the baby into a short dressTo take inadequate action dealing with an opportunityRate it:

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leave overTo allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.Rate it:

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make like a tree and leaveto leave, departRate it:

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leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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leave no stone unturnedTo search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place.Rate it:

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Leave No Stone UnturnedMake all efforts to accomplish any task or somethingRate it:

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leave behindTo abandon.Rate it:

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never leave anybody outNever forget a person dead or aliveRate it:

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take it or leave itAccept the proposal or proposition as it is stated or refuse the deal.Rate it:

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I have to love you and leave youUsed as an affectionate way of saying goodbyeRate it:

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