JUPEBUse of EnglishLexis and Structure

Choose the option that best explains the expression in quotation marks. When the contract collapsed, the junior partner was 'left holding the bag'.

Agiven the largest share of the profit
Bmade to bear the blame aloneCORRECT
Csent to collect the outstanding payment
Dasked to carry the office luggage
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Why the answer is B, and why the others tempt you.
To be left holding the bag is an idiom meaning to be left to take full responsibility or blame for something that others were also involved in. The literal reading about luggage is a trap, and the phrase has nothing to do with receiving money or profit.
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