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throw in the towel
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General English
neutral
informal
To admit defeat or acknowledge inability to continue; to stop trying.
To concede or give up an effort, contest, or argument.
2.
General English
neutral
informal
Originally, to signal surrender in boxing by throwing a towel into the ring; used figuratively to indicate stopping a contest or ceasing resistance.
Examples:
EN:
Now that you almost reached the target, you want to throw in the towel.
ES:
Ahora que casi lo consigue. El caso es que quiere tirar la toalla.
EN:
Now that you almost reached the target, you want to throw in the towel.
ES:
Ahora que casi lo consigue. El caso es que quiere tirar la toalla.
EN:
I'll throw in the towel.
ES:
Voy a tirar la toalla.
EN:
And I've got to throw in the towel because I'm a poor bastard with no money.
ES:
Y tengo que arriar la bandera porque soy un pobre diablo sin dinero.
EN:
You're not going to throw in the towel, are you?
ES:
¿No pensarás tirar ya la toalla, verdad?
EN:
If we begin with characters like him, we might as well throw in the towel.
ES:
Si empezamos transigiendo, podemos abandonar nuestro plan desde ahora.
EN:
Here, let me throw in the towel, Mike.
ES:
Déjame que tire la toalla Mike.
EN:
Well, don't throw in the towel yet, Agnes dear.
ES:
Pues no tires la toalla aún, Agnes.
EN:
I'll bet you a 'fin' they'll throw in the towel before 6 o'clock.
ES:
Os apuesto un brazo a que antes de las seis tira la toalla.
EN:
Look, why don't you guys throw in the towel and let me pay off the bets?
ES:
¿Por qué no os rendís y me dejáis liquidar la apuesta?
EN:
Only one blow and they throw in the towel!
ES:
¡Un solo golpe y arrojan la toalla!
EN:
I was about to throw in the towel.
ES:
Estaba a punto de tirar la toalla.
EN:
I know it looks grim, Robin... but I wouldn't throw in the towel until the votes are counted.
ES:
Sé que se ve sombrío, Robin pero no tiraré la toalla hasta que se cuenten los votos.
EN:
They said to abandon Schkona is to throw in the towel.
ES:
Me dijeron: "Si dejas a Schkona en la estacada, eres un cobarde."
EN:
Don't you throw in the towel just yet.
ES:
Todavía no arroje la toalla.
EN:
Not a woman inside Boodle's since- 1762. - And I was about to throw in the towel.
ES:
- Me disponía a arrojar la toalla.
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