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Oh, man, you know, making these podcasts every day, I'm just too tired. I'm going to give up. I'm going to quit. I'm giving up. I'm quitting. I'm going to throw in the towel. That's today's expression.

No, I'm not quitting. I'm not going to give up i am not going to

throw in the towel this is a great expression actually it's a terrible expression to throw

t h r o w in the towel t o w e Now, when do you use a towel? Well, if you go to the beach,

you need a beach towel. If you wash your hair or wash your hands or wash your body,

you need a towel to dry yourself off, right? Oh, and me, if you've seen a picture of me, you know that I, well, I'm very muscular.

I'm a boxer.

I'm a professional boxer.

And when I box, I sweat a lot.

So I need a towel to wipe the sweat from my face.

What? Are some of you laughing?

You don't think I'm a boxer?

Huh.

I always box.

I box with my cats.

My cats are pretty good.

No, I'm not a boxer. But that's where this expression comes from. It comes from boxing. And the idea is, you know, let's say I'm a boxing coach and my guy is up fighting. Okay. Now, when he's fighting in the boxing ring, he's getting killed.

The other guy is just killing my guy.

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