Phrase: Left holding the bag

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp’s The Posts – The Podcast today. These podcasts and posts are created to help our students and anyone who wants to access them to improve their English vocabulary. Left holding the bag: If you're left holding the bag, you're in a situation where you're suddenly accountable for what was someone else's responsibility. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LeftHoldingTheBag Try a multiple-choice English Vocabulary Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz If you'd like to take a FREE TRIAL LESSON, please contact me, David, at https://www.artisanenglish.jp/contact/ I provide 100% error correction, fantastic discussion topics and the most detailed after-lesson feedback you have ever received. Below are three terms from today’s episode that may have been new to you. Low on the totem pole: The low (wo)man on the totem pole is the person with the least amount of authority or power in an organization. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/LowOnTheTotemPole Navel-gazing: When a person is navel-gazing, they are thinking about themselves too much and ignoring other, more important things. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/NavelGazing Nest egg: an amount of money a person keeps for a particular purpose such as retirement, health care, university education, etc. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/NestEgg