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verb

jeter aux orties

/ʒə.te o.z‿ɔʁ.ti/

verb/ʒə.te o.z‿ɔʁ.ti/

to toss out, to discard, to throw to the winds; to forget all about something

Related: jeter le froc aux orties, jeter son froc aux orties

Literally, “to throw to the nettles”. Compare Italian gettare alle ortiche.