Leave Someone High and Dry

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Say, Jill. I thought that John was going to help you do the dishes tonight.

So did I. But he left me high and dry.

Where did he go?

Well, he got a call from some of his pals at work to go bowling, and he left me alone to do all this work without any help at all!