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Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.
My name is Jack, and I'm here with my co host, Sochil.
And today we are going to give you three lesser known idioms, and we'll explain what they mean and how to use them in a sentence.
So social.
Our first one is throw in the towel.
What does it mean to throw in the towel?
Throw in the towel means to give up or surrender.
The context that it's often used in, I would say, is like, sporting events, maybe.
And you could say, oh, he was, you know, he lost two rounds in the boxing match, and by the third round, he was ready to throw in the towel, right?
Something like that.
Well, I think in boxing, like, literally, when you throw in the towel, it indicates that your boxer, you have given up.
You don't want your fighter to fight anymore.
And oftentimes they don't even know that they're in danger, like, physically or, you know, in danger of being really hurt badly.
So their corner man, the corner man who's taking care of the fighter, the coach, will throw in the towel and be like, you're done.
That's it.
Yeah.
Can't take any more hits.
Yeah.
Can't take any more punches to the face.