out in the cold

1. Excluded from benefits given to others, neglected, as in Her stand on abortion left her out in the cold with the party. This idiom alludes to being left outdoors without shelter. [Mid-1800s] Also see come in from the cold.

Example Sentences

Left or right, Republican or Democrat, Americans want to know that they won’t be left out in the cold, literally, if life deals them a bad hand.

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That left Khan out in the cold.

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But even then, returns in AI may be very highly concentrated, eventually leaving many contenders out in the cold.

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Jettisoning the careful calibration both those MPs managed to balance to win half the party's Westminster seats from the Conservatives could leave them, and the 3,705 Green members who voted for them, out in the cold.

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“The question is where will the chips fall in the deal and will smaller authors be left out in the cold.”

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