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But we have learnt from the Lehman collapse and know not to leave the sector high and dry when a systemic institution fails.

As a wireless-only operator, Vodafone could find itself high and dry if convergence does indeed prove to be the next big thing.

But when it came time to clean up the mess, all the guests left in a hurry and Sally was left high and dry, to do all the work by herself.

Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry.

The cruel man took all the money and left his own grandmother high and dry.

She got angry at me and left me high and dry on the side of the street.

Europe could hoard flu vaccines, leaving the U. S. , which has only one manufacturing plant, high and dry.

The TGP is scheduled to expire at the end of this year, leaving solar projects high and dry.

Zune is much more controversial, however, because Microsoft's pre-existing hardware and service partners are left high and dry.

It seems that I've been left high and dry and have to do all the work by myself.

Certainty -- that the spouse won't be left high and dry for someone in the office or a language instructor.

He left his wife high and dry.

Tom took all the money and left me high and dry.

Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.

With limited incomes, many retirees have been left high and dry.

Don't wait until outsourcing leaves you high and dry; take steps now to plan for contingencies.

He left her high and dry in a strange country without any money.

When the factory closed down, the workers were left high and dry.

Yes, we face a cyclical recession, but there is a structural shift too, which has left many workers high and dry.

Despite the current economic downturn, we should try not to be left high and dry in our daily lives.

Oh, I couldn't stand it! Lily promised she would wait for me, but at last she left me high and dry.

He accused the other players of leaving him high and dry.

Mind your own business. Don't carry me high and dry.

I always feel I'm left high and dry with nobody to rely on.

At first the other boys helped, but when the work got hard, Bob found himself high and dry.

Hey, he left us high and dry. Of course we are upset!

You're leaving me high and dry. 4. They double-crossed me.

went off and left me high and dry.

He left you high and dry.

He left me high and dry.

When you go away, I'll be left high and dry.

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Leave Someone High and Dry = abandon someone

Leave someone high and dry