小学英语单词趣谈：hold the bag

小学教育网

　　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.