tirar la casa por la ventana

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to throw the house out of the window”. It means throwing the furniture out the window, because you do not want it because you're going to buy new furniture.

Verb

tirar la casa por la ventana (first-person singular present tiro la casa por la ventana, first-person singular preterite tiré la casa por la ventana, past participle tirado la casa por la ventana)

1. (idiomatic) to push the boat out

   Synonym: echar la casa por la ventana

Further reading

• “tirar la casa por la ventana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10