fling up one's cards

fling up one's cards
(fling (или throw) up one's cards(тж. throw in one's cards))
(с)пасовать, признать себя побеждённым, сдаться, выйти из игры

‘I'm thinking of throwing in my cards,’ Jack said, ‘and I want your advice.’ ‘What cards?’ ‘Marriage cards,’ Jack said, watching the pelicans. ‘Career cards. The whole hand.’ (I. Shaw, ‘Two Weeks in Another Town’, ch. 14) — - Я подумываю о том, чтобы выйти из игры, - сказал Джек, - и я хотел бы посоветоваться с вами. - Из какой игры? - Из семейной, - сказал Джек, наблюдая за пеликанами. - Заодно придется бросить и работу в кино. Игра явно подходит к концу.

You may as well throw up the cards and tell us where you've hidden the things. (DEI) — А теперь перестаньте отпираться и скажите нам, где вы спрятали вещи.

The evidence against him was so conclusive that he threw in his cards without any further argument. — Доказательства его вины были настолько убедительными, что ему пришлось во всем признаться.


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

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