chuck up the sponge

chuck up the sponge
(chuck up (throw in или throw up) the sponge)
сдаться, признать себя побеждённым; ≈ выйти из игры [первонач. спорт.; жарг. (бокс)]

On the 9th May 1945 Germany, completely defeated, threw up the sponge. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, ch. 24) — 9 мая 1945 года Германия, войска которой были полностью разгромлены, сложила оружие.

‘My God!’ he cried. ‘Do you mean that you have thrown up the sponge for that?’ ‘I haven't thrown up the sponge, by any means’, was the answer. ‘But that's why Price wants to get rid of me’. (U. Sinclair, ‘The Moneychangers’, ch. XV) — - Боже мой! - воскликнул Кертис. - Неужели вы из-за этого решили все к черту бросить? - Я-то ничего не бросаю, - ответила Эллен, - а вот Прайс хочет от меня отделаться из-за этой истории.

She left the room and was back in a minute with a tired-eye brunette who seemed to have thrown in the sponge as far as life was concerned. (E. S. Gardner, ‘You Can Die Laughing’, ch. 7) — Миссис Амблер вышла из комнаты и вскоре вернулась в обществе брюнетки с усталыми глазами, у которой был такой вид, словно она махнула рукой на жизнь.


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

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