leave someone in the lurch

Verb

 * 1)  To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.
 * He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself.
 * 1) * Hudibras
 * But though thou'rt of a different church, / I will not leave thee in the lurch.

Translations

 * Czech: nechat ve štychu
 * Finnish: jättää pulaan
 * French:, planter là
 * German:, sitzen lassen
 * Hungarian:, pácban hagy, benne hagy a pácban, magára hagy, sorsára hagy, benne hagy a csávában, benne hagy a slamasztikában
 * Irish: fág san abar, fág Baile Átha Cliath ar an mbóthar ag duine
 * Italian: lasciare in asso, piantare in asso
 * Norwegian: la i stikken
 * Russian: оста́вить на произво́л судьбы́
 * Spanish: dejar tirado, dejar en la estacada, dejar con los crespos hechos, dejar plantado
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ortada komak