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throw away the key
Language:
Meanings:
1.
US
UK
global
informal
colloquial
To lock someone up or confine them in a way that implies they will not be released for a very long time or ever.
To impose a severe, often permanent, restriction on someone's freedom as punishment.
2.
US
UK
global
informal
figurative
To remove or dispose of something permanently so that it cannot be recovered or used again.
Examples:
EN:
When you settle that guy in the can, throw away the key.
ES:
Cuando metas a ese tipo en el trullo, tira la llave.
EN:
Yes, lock it up and throw away the key, as far as I'm concerned.
ES:
Sí, por mí, cierra y arroja la llave.
EN:
They throw away the key on me if | get a traffic ticket.
ES:
Sólo quiero la fórmula, si me multan soy condenado a cadena perpetua.
EN:
So when a fighter's arrested for street brawling, they don't fine him. They put him in jail and throw away the key.
ES:
Cuando arrestan a un boxeador en la calle, no lo multan, lo meten en la cárcel y tiran la llave.
EN:
If my parole is broken, they'll throw away the key.
ES:
Si se quebranta la mía, me encerrarán para siempre.
EN:
When you catch that kidnapper, I want you to lock me in the room with him for 20 minutes and throw away the key.
ES:
Cuando coja usted al raptor, quiero que me encierre con él en una habitación y tire la llave.
EN:
If they catch you jumping bail, they'll lock you up and throw away the key.
ES:
Si violas la condicional, te encerrarán y tirarán la llave.
EN:
I know what you want to do... put them behind bars and throw away the key.
ES:
Sé lo que vas a hacer. Encerrarles y tirar la llave.
EN:
They-they wanna lock me up and throw away the key.
ES:
Estos quieren encerrarme y tirar la llave.
EN:
They'll throw away the key.
ES:
Tirarán la llave.
EN:
And I'll throw 100 of you in the hole and throw away the key.
ES:
En el agujero y tiraré la llave.
EN:
We can throw away the key.
ES:
Te puedes olvidar de salir.
EN:
Zack, you damned fool, I should lock you up and throw away the key!
ES:
¡Zack, maldito tonto! ¡Debería encerrarte y olvidar que existes!
EN:
He promised me that book a month ago and I'm gonna lock him up and throw away the key, so you won't be seeing him for a week.
ES:
Me prometió ese libro hace un mes y voy a encerrarle y tirar la llave, así que no vas a verle durante una semana.
EN:
They would put a man in there and throw away the key.
ES:
Encerraban a gente ahí abajo y luego tiraban la llave.
EN:
When you settle that guy in the can, throw away the key.
ES:
Cuando metas a ese tipo en el trullo, tira la llave.
EN:
Yes, lock it up and throw away the key, as far as I'm concerned.
ES:
Sí, por mí, cierra y arroja la llave.
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