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Dictionary translations for "jeter l'éponge"

jeter l'éponge verb

throw in the towel (au sens figuré)

Il décida de jeter l'éponge malgré nos encouragements.

In spite of our encouragement he decided to throw in the towel.

Contexts with "jeter l'éponge"

Il décida de jeter l'éponge malgré nos encouragements. In spite of our encouragement he decided to throw in the towel.

Il a jeté l'éponge. He threw in the towel.

Combien de bois une marmotte vomirait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Demain je vais jeter un melon d'eau du toit d'un immeuble de cinq étages, juste pour le plaisir. Tomorrow I'm going to throw a watermelon off the roof of a five-story building just for the hell of it.

Que tu viennes et dises maintenant cette sorte de chose équivaudrait à jeter de l'huile sur le feu. For you to come out and say that kind of thing now would just be pouring oil on the fire.

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