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.

• 这个表述是使一个人要对一件行为而负责，通常是指犯罪行为或一些罪刑，那么这个人要被受到惩罚，还有其它此范围内所卷入的行为。