| 单词 | to throw up the sponge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw (also chuck) up the sponge c. to throw (also chuck) up the sponge: to abandon a contest or struggle; to submit, give in. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in benda1400 sink?a1513 to give over1530 to cry creak?1562 yield1576 to hold up1596 succumb1604 to give in1616 to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629 to cry cravena1634 to give up or cross the cudgels1654 incumb1656 to fall in1667 to knock under1670 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 chuck up (the sponge)1864 to throw in one's hand1893 to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to drop one's bundle1915 to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915 to buckle up1927 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in descend?a1400 to give up the girdlea1400 submita1525 to give over1530 subscribe1560 yield1576 come1607 to give in1616 to give the stoop1623 buckle1642 incumb1656 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 capitulate1714 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 cave1844 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 incline1866 to give (it) best1878 give way1879 to roll over1919 1860 Slang Dict. 224 ‘To throw up the sponge,’ to submit, give over the struggle,—from the practice of throwing up the sponge used to cleanse the combatants' faces, at a prize~fight, as a signal that the ‘mill’ is concluded. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 333 One of the boys has gone up the flume—..throwed up the sponge,..kicked the bucket—..he's dead! 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxxix. 325 When..Thursday afternoon came, Mr. Daubeny ‘threw up the sponge’. 1877 T. A. Trollope Life Pius IX II. 130 This tranquil confidence..degenerated..into inertness, acquiescence in evil, and..throwing up the sponge. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxiv If Tim had got this letter..he'd have chucked up the sponge and cleared out for good and all. < as lemmas |
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