die Flinte ins Korn werfen

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German

Etymology

Literally, to throw the shotgun into the grain(field).

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Verb

die Flinte ins Korn werfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirft die Flinte ins Korn, past tense warf die Flinte ins Korn, past participle die Flinte ins Korn geworfen, past subjunctive würfe die Flinte ins Korn, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic) to throw in the towel (to quit; to give up)
    Synonym: das Handtuch werfen
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 147:
      „Natürlich fällt es mir nicht so ganz leicht, mich bei Ihnen hier oben zu akklimatisieren,“ fuhr er fort, „das war doch vorauszusehen, und deshalb gleich die Flinte ins Korn zu werfen, nur weil ich vielleicht ein paar Tage ein bißchen verwirrt und heiß sein werde, []
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