left in the cold

It's like you have to always know your value because if you base it on external validation, you will be left in the cold.

It is not just former members of Afghan special forces who say they have been left in the cold, but also Afghan civilians who helped the UK.

The hard-liners were left in the cold.

Anxious about being left in the cold last winter, come springtime, they have turned their worries to their pocket books and personal choices.

Anxious about being left in the cold last winter, come springtime, they have turned their worries to their pocket books and personal choices.