Expressions (A–Z)
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To throw a stone after the fallen
See: "to throw a stone after the fallen".
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To throw a stone after the one who falls
See: "He pushed back a stone after it fell."
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To throw good money after bad/ to invest one's money in a doubtfull enterprise
In question: He risked his money at too great a risk. As if he had lost his mone...
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To throw out/ expel
To expel. To expel in anger.
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To throw stone at Mecury/to intend to do good and yet commit a crime (Mercury was worshipped by stonethrowing)
Figuratively by metaphor: to perform an act with good intention and pure heart,...
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To throw stones at the fallen/to add insult to injury/ to hit a man when he is down
By metaphor: to continue harming a person who is already injured and collapsed....
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To throw the rope in after the bucket/ to throw good money after bad/to send one cheese after another
In the question: Failure after failure. Misfortune led to misfortune. Or: The pa...
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To tilt the balance towards the scale of merit/ (tilting the balance towards the scale of merit)
Bring about acquittal. Cause the claim of innocence to be strengthened (the weig...
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To toil over him
To labor and exert oneself on his behalf; to work hard for him.
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To trace his footsteps
He followed him. He tried to find him.
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