Και μια και μιλάμε για τους αγγλισμούς των αθλητικών συντακτών, άκουσα σήμερα προς το τέλος του αγώνα μπάσκετ Ολυμπιακού-ΑΕΚ ότι "Η ΑΕΚ πέταξε τη λευκή πετσέτα". Ο σπίκερ έφτιαξε ένα ωραίο τουρλού από το "throw in the towel" και το "σηκώνω λευκή σημαία".
Throw in the towel
Also throw in the sponge. Give up, acknowledge defeat, as in I can't move this rock; I'm throwing in the sponge, or Bill decided to throw in the towel and resign from his job. This idiom comes from boxing, where formerly a fighter (or his second) conceded defeat by throwing the sponge or towel used to wipe his face into the ring. [c. 1900]
Throw in the towel
Also throw in the sponge. Give up, acknowledge defeat, as in I can't move this rock; I'm throwing in the sponge, or Bill decided to throw in the towel and resign from his job. This idiom comes from boxing, where formerly a fighter (or his second) conceded defeat by throwing the sponge or towel used to wipe his face into the ring. [c. 1900]