to abandon someone to face blame or trouble alone.
把某人单独抛下，让他独自面对指责或麻烦 (ba mouren dandu pa xia rang ta duzi miandui zhize huo mafan)
"His friends hung him out to dry when the teacher asked who cheated."
"当老师问谁作弊时，他的朋友们把他单独留下。" (dang laoshi wen shui zuobi shi ta de pengyoumen ba ta dandu liuxia)
to become very tired and lose motivation due to overwork
threatening military action to intimidate others
to reduce the amount of something
a very good chance; rare opportunity
thinking or acting in an unusual or unconventional way
A small-scale experiment to test a concept.
