Folding like a cheap suitcase In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "folding like a cheap suitcase", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2019-10-01 12:10

Meaning of Folding like a cheap suitcase (redirected from fold like a cheap suitcase )

Fold like a cheap suitcase verb phrase

Be easy to collapse or fail; submit to defeat easily

The rival team's defense is very weak as the best player has been eliminated. They will fold like a cheap suitcase soon.

Other phrases about:

to throw in the towel

 To quit; to give up, stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed; admit defeat

go down swinging/fighting
to fight until the very end
Fall Flat

 a joke, idea, or suggestion falls flat, meaning that it does not achieve the intended effect.

cave in

To fall suddenly and heavily to the ground

Hit the Skids

To begin to decline or deteriorate decline; to get worse very quickly

Grammar and Usage of Fold like a cheap suitcase

Verb Forms

  • folded like a cheap suitcase
  • folding like a cheap suitcase
  • folds like a cheap suitcase

The verb "fold" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Fold like a cheap suitcase

The phrase comes from the situation of cheap, uncertain luggage that is easily damaged by baggage handlers or hotel porters.
 

The Origin Cited: Internet .
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swallow the bait

If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.

Example:

You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.

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