házet flintu do žita

Czech

Etymology

Literally, “to throw the rifle into the rye”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦaːzɛt flɪntu do ʒɪta]

Phrase

házet flintu do žita

  1. to throw in the towel

Further reading

  • Stěpanova, Ludmila (2023) “hodit flintu do žita”, in Etymologický slovník české frazeologie [Etymological dictionary of Czech phraseology] (in Czech), Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, →ISBN, page 64
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