throw in one's hand

throw in one's hand
(throw in (или up) one's hand (тж. throw one's hand in))
признать своё поражение, сдаться, спасовать; ≈ выйти из игры [throw in one's hand этим. карт.; throw up one's hand букв. вскинуть, поднять руки]

Young Paddy, givin' orders to Alf Brierly, and Alf so up against it, he's got to play Paddy's game, or throw in his hand, he says. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 67) — Мальчишка Пэдди отдает распоряжения Альфу Брайерли, и Альфу некуда податься. Он говорит: либо он должен покрывать Пэдди, либо совсем выйти из игры.

The mention of those two names finished Roberts. ‘I throw in my hand,’ he said. ‘You've got me.’ (A. Christie, ‘Cards on the Table’, ch. XXX) — Робертс услыхал эти два имени, и это окончательно добило его. - Сдаюсь. Ваша взяла.

‘That about cooks your goose, I think,’ said Superintendent Battle. ‘Well, there isn't any other road in this case. My lawyers have thrown up their hands.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde’, ch. 3) — - я думаю, теперь ваша песенка спета, - сказал старший инспектор Баттл. - Мои юристы в этом деле зашли в тупик и прекратили его.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • Throw in one's hand — concede defeat; surrender (from poker) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • throw in one's hand — Australian Slang concede defeat; surrender (from poker) …   English dialects glossary

  • throw one's hand in — ► throw one s hand in 1) withdraw from a card game because one has a poor hand. 2) withdraw; give up. Main Entry: ↑throw …   English terms dictionary

  • To turn one's hand to — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • throw one's hand in — withdraw from a card game because one has a poor hand. ↘withdraw; give up. → throw …   English new terms dictionary

  • throw one's hand in — withdraw from a card game, poker, because one has a poor hand ■ withdraw from a contest or activity; give up …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw in the towel — verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat (Freq. 1) In the second round, the challenger gave up • Syn: ↑drop out, ↑give up, ↑fall by the wayside, ↑drop by the wayside, ↑throw in, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • hand — /hænd / (say hand) noun 1. (in humans) the terminal, prehensile part of the arm, consisting of the palm and five digits. 2. the corresponding part of the forelimb in any of the higher vertebrates. 3. the terminal part of any limb when prehensile …  

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