Just be careful not to let the cat out of the bag, or someone may leave you holding the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Finally, I let him go to the examination to experience what I was sure would be his dismissal from school.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Finally,I let him go to the examination to experience what I was sure would be his dismissal from school.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

She had let herself be controlled by some machine-like force that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

They say she could be an "activist judge" who will let personal feelings and political beliefs influence her rulings.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"Let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam."

VOA: special.2009.04.11

If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

But the president says he will not let health reform be paid for in his words -- "on the backs of middle-class families."

VOA: special.2009.07.25

He said he would be glad to let her give the two thousand dollars to Mister Wilkinson, so that she could be happy.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

"The peaches have ripened and should be picked,wife",said the old man, "Let us gather them now before the wind does our work for us."

VOA: special.2009.02.28

In the final days before the vote, six of the seven remaining Republican senators let it be known that they would vote not guilty.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

He believed it might be best to let Lee escape than to take a chance on losing what remained of the Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.11.05