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.
他在学校受冷落,因为他不喜欢体育 。
When the coalition was formed, the Communists were left out in the cold.
各党形成联盟时,共产党人被排斥在外 。