タオルを投なげる

expression, ichidan verb

throw in the towel; give up; concede defeat

Idiomatic expression borrowed from boxing; used when someone admits defeat or abandons a struggle.

• 彼かれは交こう渉しょうが難なん航こうして、ついにタオルを投なげた。

  The negotiations hit a snag, and he finally threw in the towel.

• あまりの暑あつさに、庭にわ仕し事ごとをタオルを投なげてしまった。

  Because of the intense heat, I gave up on the yard work.