tirar
dump ; haul ; run off ; throw ; throw out ; throw away ; tear down ; toss out ; fling ; toss ; pull down ; knock down ; jettison ; pitch ; turf out ; toss away ; hurl ; chuck + Nombre + out ; blow over ; junk ; scrap.
The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
Not only are they the same work, they were run off from the same plates.
The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.
Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.
The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.
A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.
A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.
Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.
Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.
They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.
You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
It's a waste to toss them away, so I decided to make them into this pair of lovely bobby pins.
Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.
Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.
A breeze caught the sails and blew it over - the ship spent more than 300 years at the bottom of the harbor.
I had a motherboard with a lot of bad capacitors so I decided to junk it instead of repairing.
There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
cámara de usar y tirar
disposable camera
He then made her suck his cock while he took her picture with a disposable camera.
cuchillo de usar y tirar
disposable knife
Tableware consists of disposable plates, forks, knives, napkins & serving utensils.
de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano
hit-and-run
But on the other hand, these electronic message boards can have a hit-and-run quality where vitriolic or off-topic comments are posted by contributors hidden in the safety of anonymity.
de usar y tirar
disposable
throwaway
single-use
We can no longer treat automation projects as interesting experiments, which are disposable if they fail.
This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
Punnets used to be made of wicker but now are made of cardboard or plastic, and are single-use only.
encerrar a Alguien y tirar la llave
lock + Nombre + up and throw away the key
In my country we lock rapists up and throw away the key so they don't hurt anyone else.
introducir tirando
haul in
The plank was hauled in and out between the cheeks by girths at each end which were wound round a small windlass underneath the ribs.
ir tirando
shuffle along
tick over
muddle along
keep + the wolves from the door
carry + Nombre + on
get by
cope
scrape by
get along + in the world
eke out
So I say, we're just a bunch of poor, old, Midwestern pig farmers shuffling along trying to do what we can = Por eso digo que somos tan sólo un puñado de criadores de cerdos, viejos y pobres, de la región central de los Estados Unidos que vamos tirando como podemos.
It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.
For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.
The mortgage carried him on for seven months, but at the end of that time he was hard pushed for money again.
A small book fair lasting only a day, such as might be held in a kindergarten or small elementary school, can get by with a couple of members of staff and a parent as the organizing committee.
The results suggest that neurotically hostile individuals view others as distrustful, the world as threatening, and themselves as unable to cope.
I am drowning in debt and barely scrape by every month.
The public library's sole reason for being is to help people get along in the world, to help school children get better grades, to help preachers write better sermons that will keep the congregation awake, to help newspapermen find facts.
A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out = Una granja es una buena cosa, cuando empieza y termina en ella misma y no necesita de un salario, o de una tienda, para sobrevivir.
la familia tira (mucho)
blood is thicker than water
Blood may be thicker than water, but you can't get water from a stone either.
la sangre tira (mucho)
blood is thicker than water
Blood may be thicker than water, but you can't get water from a stone either.
no estar/ser (como) para tirar cohetes
be nothing to write home (to mom) about
He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.
no estar/ser para tirar cohetes
be no great shakes
My friends read my books not because they think I am any great shakes as a writer but simply because they know me.
persona que tira basura al suelo
litterbug
litter lout
I have to wonder at the thought process of litterbugs (those who carelessly toss their garbage anywhere they choose).
Some draconian laws have been put in place to punish litter louts and heaven help you if you are caught selling chewing gum.
plato de usar y tirar
disposable plate
Tableware consists of disposable plates, forks, knives, napkins & serving utensils.
sacar tirando
haul out
The plank was hauled in and out between the cheeks by girths at each end which were wound round a small windlass underneath the ribs.
seguir tirando el dinero
throw + good money after bad
Although it is hard to pull the plug on a project with a weak business case, failing to do so does throw good money after bad.
servilleta de usar y tirar
disposable napkin
Tableware consists of disposable plates, forks, knives, napkins & serving utensils.
tenedor de usar y tirar
disposable fork
Tableware consists of disposable plates, forks, knives, napkins & serving utensils.
tirando a bajo
shortish
Hitchens' vigorous defense and vindication of Orwell consists of ten shortish chapters examining his hero's credentials in relation to various matters.
tirando a corto
shortish
Hitchens' vigorous defense and vindication of Orwell consists of ten shortish chapters examining his hero's credentials in relation to various matters.
tirando a marrón
brownish
The brownish discharge in women could be due to a hormonal imbalance and is perfectly normal.
tirando a morado
purplish
If a rosin size is present the spot will turn a dull purplish pink, but if there is no rosin the spot will remain colourless or turn brown.
tirando a rosa
pinkish
Red-legged frog tadpoles are brown, often with a pinkish sheen on their undersides, and commonly reach 3 inches in total length.
tirar a Alguien al suelo
knock + Nombre + to the ground
knock + Nombre + to the floor
Irish former minister Proinsias de Rossa was knocked to the ground after a public meeting in Dublin on Monday night, according to the Labour Party.
Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor.
tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe
knock + Nombre + to the floor
knock + Nombre + to the ground
Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor.
Irish former minister Proinsias de Rossa was knocked to the ground after a public meeting in Dublin on Monday night, according to the Labour Party.
tirar a la basura
junk
bin
I had a motherboard with a lot of bad capacitors so I decided to junk it instead of repairing.
Over 80% of smokers said they would bin their cigarette butts if suitable bins were available.
tirar al azar
take + pot shots at
Clearly there is at least one nutter roaming the river banks of our city taking pot shots at wildlife.
tirar a lo bajo
low-ball
You open up negotiations by low-balling them, while agents shoot for the moon.
tirar al suelo [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio upset]
upset
litter
throw down
throw + Nombre + on the ground
As he stepped onto the porch on his way to the garage, he stumbled over a chair, upsetting a vase of flowers and soaking his trousers.
Many smokers do not believe that littering their cigarette butts has an environmental impact or is inappropriate behavior.
And when Moses threw his shepherd's crook down it became a snake.
And when Moses threw it on the ground it became a serpent.
tirar al tuntún
take + pot shots at
Clearly there is at least one nutter roaming the river banks of our city taking pot shots at wildlife.
tirar a matar
go for + the jugular
deadly force
shoot to + kill
The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.
The course covers the following topics: revolver nomenclature and maintenance; inspecting revolvers and holsters; and legal issues and deadly force.
The main issue discussed was the justification of the 'shoot to kill' policy adopted by Israel against Arab infiltrators across the 1949 demarcation lines.
tirar basura al suelo
litter
Many smokers do not believe that littering their cigarette butts has an environmental impact or is inappropriate behavior.
tirar bombas [La "b" no se pronuncia (ni en aplomb, climb, numb, plumb)]
bomb
The National Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo was bombed and burnt out with the loss of 90 per cent of its stock.
tirar contra el suelo
throw down
throw + Nombre + on the ground
And when Moses threw his shepherd's crook down it became a snake.
And when Moses threw it on the ground it became a serpent.
tirar (de)
pull (at/on/from)
Do not push or pull on the disc drawer.
tirar de
tug
pull back
lug
leverage
schlep [schlepp/shlep]
Do not pull a book from the shelf by forcefully tugging the top of the spine.
The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.
He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.
Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
Moving day is stressful enough without having to sit for hours upon hours in bumper to bumper traffic to schlep one trunkful of boxes over at a time.
tirar de la cadena
flush + the toilet
You can see that, even if someone were to cut off the water to your bathroom, you could still flush the toilet.
tirar de la cisterna
flush + the toilet
You can see that, even if someone were to cut off the water to your bathroom, you could still flush the toilet.
tirar de la manta
let + the cat out of the bag
blow + the gaff
spill + the beans
Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and 'spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
tirar de las orejas
tell + Nombe + off
Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
tirar del carro
pull + Posesivo + (own) weight
pull together
lend + a (helping) hand
put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel
set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel
muck in
pitch in
give + Nombre + a (helping) hand
Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other - they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities - food.
It's a smart move on Jade's part to let Donna give her a helping hand in getting back on her feet.
tirar del hilo
put two and two together
Although there's no evidence at all of a link between caffeine and cancer, we're putting two and two together and saying that caffeine can induce these changes.
tirar desde
throw + Nombre + off
My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat.
tirar de una manivela
pull + lever
When he pulls a lever, contacts are made through the holes, machinery at a central point makes the necessary computations and entries, and the proper receipt is printed for the salesman to pass to the customer.
tirar de una palanca
depress + lever
A bottle containing blanket wash solvent is incorporated in the machine and the process is activated by depressing and holding a lever.
tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda
be money and effort down the drain
So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.
tirar el dinero
throw + Posesivo + money down the drain
Many of those would-be first time buyers choose to continue renting even though they are throwing their money down the drain.
tirar el dinero por la ventana
be money and effort down the drain
throw + Posesivo + money down the drain
be money down the drain
So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.
Many of those would-be first time buyers choose to continue renting even though they are throwing their money down the drain.
Fluoridation is money down the drain - children's cavity rates are similar whether water is fluoridated or not.
tirar la casa por la ventana
lash out (on)
go to + town on
spare + no expense
go for + broke
go + all out
splash out on
push + the boat out
The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.
He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.
These stars have spared no expenses when it comes to buying extravagant gifts for their partners.
The article 'Going for broke' reports on the Association of Assistant Librarians National Student Conference held at Manchester Polytechnic, Feb 87.
The police are going all out to curb rising road accidents in the country.
While the rest of the lads are splashing out on luxury cars or expensive holidays in the sun - O'Brien is pumping the money back into the farmland.
I finaly decided to push the boat out a buy a nice, upmarket pair of boots.
tirar la esponja
throw in/up + the sponge
He looked at her reproachfully for a moment, and then announced that he was ready to throw up the sponge.
tirar la toalla
throw in + the towel
No one among librarians, suppliers or publishers is throwing in the towel but the position this format takes in library collections in the near future is unsettled.
tirar ligeramente de
tug on
'Well, we just wanted to tell you what we've been up to,' Hernandez defended himself, as Lespran tugged on his sleeve to get him to leave.
tirar los tejos
flirt
throw + hints
drop + hints
make + innuendos
hit on
While many artists have flirted with technology, however, there has not been a fully committed alliance between art & technology.
Now it is the turn of Libya to throw hints that it too needs to be mollycoddled.
This story is now just a silly joke between my husband and I about the uselessness of me dropping hints to him.
He repeatedly comments on my appearance, makes sexual innuendoes, and touches me.
If you trust her, like you say, you shouldn't worry about guys hitting on her.
tirar petardos
set off + firecrackers
Students who set off firecrackers in schools will get a beating in the schoolyard by their headmaster.
tirar piedras contra tu propio tejado
cut + the branch + you sit on
cut off + Posesivo + nose to spite + Posesivo + face
It may sound as if the librarians and information professionales are about to cut the branch on which they sit, but progress aimed toward informational self-service cannot be stopped.
The article 'Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face' discusses the harmful results to British libraries of increasing fees for overseas library students.
tirar por el desagüe tirarse
pour down + the drain
shag
pounce (on)
hump
flop down
What you pour down the drain can cause problems in the pipes and at the sewage treatment plant.
The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.
The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.
However, my friend's dog has been done and he still wants to hump everything he can, just doesn't realise he's firing blanks.
I'm 10 weeks pregnant with my second baby and have an awful habit of flopping down hard into chairs and on couches.
tirarse a
throw + Reflexivo + into
Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.
tirarse a Alguien
buff
bone
The only sex scenes I thought were decent were when Muffy buffed her boyfriend at the start.
If you had a super hot cousin by marriage, would you bone her?.
tirarse a la calle
go out on + the road
spill (out) into + the streets
He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
Tens of thousands of immigrants spilled out into the streets in dozens of cities across the nation Monday in peaceful protests.
tirarse al agua de un salto
leap into + the water
Prince stayed close by, but Candy, being a Spaniel, soon leapt into the water before I thought to call her to heel.
tirarse a la jugular
go for + the jugular
The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.
tirarse a la piscina
take + a dive
Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.
tirarse al ruedo
throw + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
throw + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
Psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.
With the war dragging on in Europe, it became apparent that the United States was going to 'toss its hat in the ring' and send troops to the war zone.
He says he will accept whatever outcome the 2011 election brings even if he decides to throw his cap in the ring.
She's ever willing to help and never afraid to toss her cap into the ring when the need arises.
tirarse con ala delta
hang-glide
He has camel trekked the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa, learned to bullfight in Spain and hang-glided from the cliffs of Rio de Janeiro.
tirarse de cabeza
jump in + head-first
dive in
dive (in) + head-first
plunge in + head-first
That being said...you only live once, so if you decide to jump in head first, and if things don't work out, remember, you can always leave.
Players famed for their diving headers are fearless when diving in amongst flying boots to poach a goal in the six-yard box.
This article criticises the profession's readiness to dive head-first into the latest technology.
Kingfishers are often seen perched on a branch or rock close to water before plunging in head-first after their fish prey.
tirarse de cabeza a
dive into
Close your eyes and dive into a fantastic mood of relax and freedom!.
tirarse de/desde
jump off
Is it true that if all the people in China stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time, it could knock the earth out of orbit?.
tirarse de las barbas
tear + Posesivo + hair out
People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam.
tirarse de los pelos
tear + Posesivo + hair out
People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam.
tirarse de un salto
jump off
Is it true that if all the people in China stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time, it could knock the earth out of orbit?.
tirarse en paracaídas
parachute
She parachuted along with the troops & medical personnel & tended the wounded along the war front.
tirarse flores
blow + Posesivo + own trumpet
Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
tirarse los trastos a la cabeza
go at it + hammer and tongs
have + a flaming row
have + a blazing row
The two men went at it hammer and tongs, right from the get-go, talking over each other, scowling, smirking, rolling eyes and generally refusing to cede a millimetre to their antagonist.
When Sherlock becomes unbearable on a case, it's up to John to find a way to defuse the situation any way he can, before they have a flaming row.
Just had a blazing row with my mother over the phone and am currently bringing myself back from what appeared to be a minor panic attack.
tirarse piedras contra el propio tejado
shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot
In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
tirarse saltando
jump off
Is it true that if all the people in China stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time, it could knock the earth out of orbit?.
tirarse una plancha
put + Posesivo + foot in it
put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth
stick + Posesivo + foot in it
drop + a clanger
drop + a bollock
make + a blunder
make + a bloomer
blunder
flub
She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.
Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.
tirarse un eructo
belch
burp
Everyone has gas and eliminates it by belching or farting (passing it through the rectum).
It's polite to burp after a meal in some countries.
tirarse un farol
bullshit
bluff + Posesivo + way through
Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.
I told you he was bluffing his way through and now here is some more proof - he has no idea about anything.
tirarse un pedo
fart
trump
break + wind
trumpet
As a result of the strange meal we all had everybody farted profusely all night long.
It's kind of like trumping in public - You simply do not do it!.
Why do men break wind when they pee?.
Breaking wind often is typically the result of your diet and lifestyle - it won't kill you, though your other half might if you keep trumpeting in bed.
