This expression makes the person left holding the bag responsible for an action, often a crime or misdeed. That person is the one who is punished. The others involve in the act escape.

• 这个表达的意思是让一个人为某事负责，一般是犯罪或不端行为。这个人是受惩罚的那个，其他参与者却逃掉了。