小学英语单词趣谈：hold the bag
hold the bag背黑锅Although the four of them robbed the bank with joined efforts, it was Joe who had been left holding the bag.
Dialogue:
Martha: Do you know what’s happened to Frank?
Nancy: Not an inkling. What’s happened?
Martha: He was caught stealing a file from a company.
Nancy: Sorry to hear that. He should have mended his steps(注意自己的言行）.
Martha: But the job was engineered by someone else.
Nancy: Did that someone else stand up?
Martha: Nobody likes to face the music（面对惩罚）， of course.
Nancy: So it was Frank who was left holding the bag?
Martha: yeah.
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