tirarse por el mate

English translation: a charge that is usually thrown our way

14:58 Jul 21, 2018
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Spanish term or phrase: tirarse por el mate
A text from the 40s about Argentine horse racing:

Si la humanidad entera fuese, por su fortuna, aficionada de las carreras, cesaría de inmediato las luchas de clases, de razas y de partidos... Que nos den un programa con numerosas inscripciones, un dia de sol, un buen largador y un juez de raya que no haga macanas, y con eso y un poco de suerte, el mundo es una papa. Ya ven ustedes como se impone una reconsideración al concepto de elemento pernicioso, con que generalmente se nos tira por el mate.

"shove down our throats"?
THANKS
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 04:32
English translation:a charge that is usually thrown our way
Explanation:
perhaps
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patinba
Argentina
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3a charge that is usually thrown our way
patinba
3something they throw back at us
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a charge that is usually thrown our way


Explanation:
perhaps

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something they throw back at us


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I would say

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seems to fit

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