梯子はしごを外はずされる

expression, ichidan verb

be left high and dry; be abandoned by one's supporters; have the rug pulled from under one

Idiomatic expression meaning to be deserted by those who previously supported you, especially after reaching a high position, leaving you stranded.

• 社しゃ長ちょうになった途と端たん、梯子はしごを外はずされて孤こ立りつした。

  As soon as he became president, he was left high and dry and isolated.

• 彼かれは仲なか間まに梯子はしごを外はずされて、プロジェクトから外はずされた。

  He had the rug pulled from under him by his colleagues and was removed from the project.