twist in the wind
verbEtymology
An allusion to being hanged by the neck and then left for dead in a suspended state.
Definitions
To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or…
To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.
- There seemed to be a shared perception of Colonel North as a good and honorable serviceman who had been left to twist in the wind, the scapegoat of an operation gone awry.
To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time.
- McGuinty just says, "Don't worry, the investigation will be over soon enough, we'll do something in due course," and people are expected to twist in the wind in the meantime.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA