Idiom Breakdown

twist in the wind

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Definition

To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.

To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time.

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An allusion to being hanged by the neck and then left for dead in a suspended state.

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"There seemed to be a shared perception of Colonel North as a good and honorable serviceman who had been left to twist in the wind, the scapegoat of an operation gone awry."
"McGuinty just says, "Don't worry, the investigation will be over soon enough, we'll do something in due course," and people are expected to twist in the wind in the meantime."

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