throw spaghetti at the wall
To make a large amount of attempts or guesses, with the hope that one of them will be…To make a large amount of attempts or guesses, with the hope that one of them will be successful.
» He threw the ball against the wall.
Er warf den Ball gegen die Wand. — xtofu80
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1 senses(colloquial, idiomatic)To make a large amount of attempts or guesses, with the hope that one of them will be successful.
Examples
14 sentencesHe threw the ball against the wall.
deEr warf den Ball gegen die Wand. — xtofu80
Tom threw his cell phone against the wall.
Tom threw the phone against the wall.
ruТом бросил телефон в стену. — marafon
deTom warf das Telefon gegen die Wand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't throw a ball against the wall.
I threw a brick over the wall.
Forms
throws spaghetti at the wall, throwing spaghetti at the wall, threw spaghetti at the wall, thrown spaghetti at the wall| Base form | throw spaghetti at the wall · to throw spaghetti at the wall |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | throws spaghetti at the wall |
| Present participle | throwing spaghetti at the wall |
| Past simple | threw spaghetti at the wall |
| Past participle | thrown spaghetti at the wall |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | throw spaghetti at the wall |
| he, she, it | throws spaghetti at the wall |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | threw spaghetti at the wall |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have thrown spaghetti at the wall |
| he, she, it | has thrown spaghetti at the wall |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will throw spaghetti at the wall |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.