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