1. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise -- that he was left out in the cold.
be/get left out in the cold 遭受冷落
He was left out in the cold at school because he didn't like sports.
他在學(xué)校受冷落,因?yàn)樗幌矚g體育 。
When the coalition was formed, the Communists were left out in the cold.
各黨形成聯(lián)盟時(shí),共產(chǎn)黨人被排斥在外 。