Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 439
Speak Better English with Harry
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The Importance of Having a Lot on Your Plate
To throw in the towel is used to indicate to give up or to admit defeat. So if you're trying to work out crossword puzzle and you can't get those last couple of clues, you just throwing in the towel. Or at school, it is a really difficult mathematical equation or chemical formula Trying to work out and you just admit defeat. To have a lot on your plate means that we have more than enough to do - probably too much.
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