每日一句 | “Holding a baby”和“收拾烂摊子”有何关联？

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To be left holding the baby

（英式）收拾烂摊子；接手烂摊子

To be left holding the bag

（美式）收拾烂摊子；接手烂摊子

If you are left holding the baby or the bag, you are made responsible for a problem that nobody else wants to deal with.

你就要为别人不想处理的问题负责。

· And then he made another deal, and they were left holding the bag.

然后他又做了另一笔交易，他们就成了替罪羊。

·  If anything goes wrong on this, Linda, it's you and I who'll be left holding the bag.

如果这事出了什么差错，琳达，那就只能由你和我来承担了。

·  If a project goes bust, investors are left holding the baby. 

如果一个项目破产了，投资者就得承担责任。

project /ˈprɒdʒekt/ 

n. 项目

bust /bʌst/ 

adj. 破产

investor /ɪnˈvestə(r)/ 

n. 投资者

·  The CEO vanished when the police started investigating our questionable investment activity, and I was left holding the baby!

当警方开始调查我们有问题的投资行为时，首席执行官就失踪了，剩下我来承担后果！

vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/ 

v. 突然消失；神秘失踪

investigate /ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt/ 

v. 调查；研究

questionable /ˈkwestʃənəbl/ 

adj. 可疑的；有问题的

investment /ɪnˈvestmənt/ 

n. 投资 

·  John and the boys decided to go to the bar when it came time to clean up after the party, so the other wives and I were left holding the baby.

聚会结束后，到了该打扫卫生的时候，约翰和男孩子们决定去酒吧，结果剩下我和其他太太们来收拾了。

clean up /ˈkliːn ʌp/ 

清理

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