leave someone in the lurch

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See entry for left in the lurch

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: nechat ve štychu — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Czech: nechat na holičkách — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Esperanto: forlasis iun en malfacila situacio — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Finnish: jättää pulaan — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• French: planter — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• French: planter là — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• German: im Stich lassen — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• German: sitzen lassen — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• German: im Regen stehen lassen — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: cserben hagy — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: pácban hagy — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: benne hagy a pácban — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: magára hagy — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: sorsára hagy — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: benne hagy a csávában — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Hungarian: benne hagy a slamasztikában — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Irish: fág san abar — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Irish: fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Italian: lasciare in asso — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Italian: piantare in asso — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Norwegian: la i stikken — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Russian: оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́ (ostávitʹ na proizvól sudʹbý) — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Sicilian: lassari 'n tridici — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Spanish: dejar tirado — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Spanish: dejar en la estacada — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Spanish: dejar con los crespos hechos — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Spanish: dejar plantado — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Swedish: lämna i sticket — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Turkish: ortada bırakmak — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation
• Turkish: ortada komak — to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation