- throw smb. (or smth.) overboard
- oтдeлaтьcя, избaвитьcя oт кoгo-л. (или чeгo-л.) [этим. мop. выбpocить зa бopт]Look here, Gus - if I find you deceiving me I'll throw you overboard as sure as I'm a living woman (A. Trollope). The moral is that you must have the courage to throw your facts overboard if they fail to comply with the logic of your character (W. S. Maugham)
Concise English-Russian phrasebook.