Throw in the towel (Short video)

The phrase of the day is: "Throw in the towel"

• To stop trying to do something because you have realized that you cannot succeed. To admit defeat.
  (This phrase comes from boxing. When a boxer's coach throws a towel into the ring to signal that the fight is over.)
  [ --- Never throw in the towel. Use it to wipe off the sweat, then keep going. --- ]