{"id":72859,"date":"2019-11-15T05:52:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72859"},"modified":"2019-11-15T05:52:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:52:41","slug":"idioms-using-the-word-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-using-the-word-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms Using The Word Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leave someone cold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something leaves you cold it completely fails to interest or attract you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her snobbish nature left me cold.<\/li>\n<li>Cricket just leaves me cold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leave someone hanging \/ leave something hanging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To leave someone hanging is to let them remain in a difficult situation. To leave something hanging is to fail to solve a difficult situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We must do something to help John. We can\u2019t leave him hanging.<\/li>\n<li>It was a crucial issue that just could not be left hanging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leave someone high and dry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To leave someone high and dry is to put them in a very difficult or unpleasant situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By forming a partnership with our biggest competitor, they have left us high and dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leave it at that<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To leave it at that is to not do anything more about something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John has realized his mistake. He has even said sorry, so let\u2019s leave it at that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leave a lot to be desired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something leaves a lot to be desired it is of very low quality.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The photography of the film leaves a lot to be desired. (= The photography of the film is of very low standard.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leave no stone unturned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To leave no stone unturned is to do everything possible to solve a problem.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The police officer assured that no stone would be left unturned in the investigation into the murder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leave something to chance \/ fate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To leave something to chance \/ fate is to not try to change the way something is happening.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can\u2019t leave anything to chance, so we must plan for every possibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave someone cold When something leaves you cold it completely fails to interest or attract you. Her snobbish nature left me cold. Cricket just leaves me cold. Leave someone hanging \/ leave something hanging&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[393,186],"class_list":["post-72859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-english-idioms","tag-idioms-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72860,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72859\/revisions\/72860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}