throw away

[throw out] or [toss out] {v.} 1. To put somewhere to be destroyed because not wanted. * /He didn't need the brush anymore so he threw it out./ Syn.: [THROW […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw a monkey wrench

[throw a monkey wrench] or [throw a wrench] {v. phr.}, {informal} To cause something that is going smoothly to stop. * /The game was going smoothly until you threw a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw up

[throw up] {v.} 1. {informal} or {slang} [heave up]. To vomit. * /The heat made him feel sick and he thought he would throw up./ * /He took the medicine […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw in the sponge

[throw in the sponge] or [throw up the sponge] or [throw in the towel] {v. phr.}, {informal} To admit defeat; accept loss. * /After taking a beating for five rounds, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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смотреть как баран на новые ворота

[смотреть (уставиться) как баран на новые ворота] {v. phr.} {informal} [smot`ret' […]

Moliere

(1622-1673), French playwright We die only once, and for such a long time!

go haywire

[go haywire] {v. phr.}, {informal} Mixed-up, out of order, not in regular working condition. * /My electric typewriter has […]

keep one's word

[keep one's word] {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one's promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 […]