单词 | chuck up the sponge |
例句 | But in earlier times, it was a sponge that was hurled, and “chuck up the sponge” was the more common phrase. We Use Sports Terms All the Time. But Where Do They Come From? 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z What!" gasped the Infant, "chuck up the sponge? The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z It seems difficult that there should have been that amount of variously scattered hallucination, misconception, fantastication or whatever—yet I chuck up the sponge! The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Then, just as the fun was at its height, Lamont suddenly turned quite white—as white as such a swarthy beggar can turn, that is—and chucked up the sponge then and there.” In the Whirl of the Rising Want to get in beside you!!” till finally I chucked up the sponge and actually went to bed to oblige him. Boycotted And Other Stories We're there—or rather the Company is—and we should simply disgrace ourselves before the whole world if we chucked up the sponge now. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892 In the face of that single circumstance you and Marchmont would 'chuck up the sponge,' as the old pugilists expressed it. The Mystery of 31 New Inn For my part, I think the best thing to do is to chuck up the sponge at once; the company is practically bankrupt now, and the longer we waits the worser it will be.' The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists If Jim had got his letter before we made up matters, just at the last he'd have chucked up the sponge and cleared out for good and all. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields |
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