ЦИТАТЫ СО СЛОВОМ «THROW IN THE TOWEL»
Известные цитаты и высказывания со словом
throw in the towel.
Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.
What's monotonous about being an actor and often makes me want to throw in the towel or drive a car off a bridge is the auditioning - the waiting around.
The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «THROW IN THE TOWEL»
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I Heard a Voice Say, `Never
Throw in the Towel'
At nineteen, Darien Smith had his whole life ahead of him.
Linda McCoy, Darien Smith,
2012
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Don't
Throw in the Towel
Anyone, of any age, will benefit from Schrock’s message. Before you decide to throw in the towel, read this book. Every preacher and Bible teacher could benefit from this book.
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Idioms
in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
It's basically a sign that there's nothing left to do but throw in the towel." —
Associated Press (3/16/2011) Teach your children to hang in there [keep trying]
when the going gets tough, but know when to let them throw in the towel. —
msnbc.com ...
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Allies
in Healing: When
the Person You Love Is a Survivor of ...
Addressing partners' most important questions, Allies in Healing covers: The Basics—answers common questions about sexual abuse. Allies in Healing—introduces key concepts of working and growing together.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
1600] throw in the sponge Also, throw in the towel. Give up, acknowledge defeat,
as in I can't move this rock; I'm throwing in the sponge, or Bill decided to throw in
the towel and resignfrom his job. This idiom comes from boxing, where formerly ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
'Yates' , he said, 'don't you think you'd better throw in the towel?' □ After being
knocked down four times in one round, he decided to throw in the towel. □ After
his man had been knocked to the floor twice for a count of eight, the second ...
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Burger, Harald; Dobrovol'skij, Dmitrij; Kühn, Peter; ...
(1) English to throw in the towel/sponge 'to give up or lose all hope, esp. in a
challenging or conflict situation' Compare too the German idiom, which is very
similar in both lexical structure and actual meaning, namely das Handtuch werfen
/ ...
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What is a Context?: Linguistic Approaches and Challenges
Disambiguation will be necessary to determine the reading of to throw in the
towel in (4) and (5) as the figurative reading 'to give up', whereas the potential
literal reading 'to send the towel through the air into something with force,
especially by ...
Rita Finkbeiner, Jörg Meibauer, Petra B. Schumacher,
2012
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The Eighth Story Mountain of Blood and Tears
As a consequence of my discouragement that I am not doing well enough for the
Lord, many- times I have felt like I wanted to throw in the towel. I want to throw in
the towel because I am concerned that I might be failing the Lord, because of all ...
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Exploring Idioms: A Critical-Thinking Resource for Grades 4-8
Background: Throw in the towel (or sponge) is an idiom drawn from the sport of
boxing in the early 20th century. A towel or sponge was used to mop sweat or
blood from the face or body of the boxer. Defeat was conceded by the boxer or
his ...
Valeri R. Helterbran,
2008
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