echar la soga tras el caldero

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to throw the rope behind the cauldron”.

Verb

echar la soga tras el caldero (first-person singular present echo la soga tras el caldero, first-person singular preterite eché la soga tras el caldero, past participle echado la soga tras el caldero)

  1. (idiomatic) to throw it all away, to give up

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