Hathiyar Daal Dena

December 29, 2020

Today’s Hindi idiom (मुहावरा) is:

हथियार डाल देना।

(Transliteration: Hathiyar daal dena.)

Literal translation: To put weapons.

Figurative meaning: To concede defeat. To give up fighting.

I give up!

Usage in a sample sentence:

अमेरिकी चुनावों के बाद, राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प ने अपने राष्ट्रपति पद को बनाए रखने के लिए कई कोशिशें कीं, लेकिन अदालतों द्वारा बाइडेन को अगला राष्ट्रपति घोषित करने के बाद ट्रम्प ने अपने हथियार डाल दिये।

(Transliteration: Amerikki chunaon ke baad, rashtrapati Trump ne apne rashtrapati padd ko banaye rakhne ke liye kai koshishe kee lekin adalaton dwara Biden ko agla rashrapati ghoshit karne ke baad Trump ne apne hathiyaar daal diye.)

Translation: After the US elections, President Trump made several attempts to retain his presidency, but after the courts declared Biden as the next president, Trump conceded defeat.