英美人天天都在说的4000句:Throw in the Sponge / Towel 认输

C：Tell me, how much longer are you going to go on making films?
I：I suppose that rather depends on how much longer the public want to see me in them.
C：Yes, it must be hard to know when it's time to throw in the towel...
What a pity about that last one of yours.
What, what was it called? What? The Dodger?
I：The Lodger.
C：The Lodger. And it must be so disappointing when something just, you know, flops like that.