tirar por medio del barbecho
English translation: to head straight for the fallow land
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throwing it away by letting it lie fallow Explanation: Noni's ideas in the discussion are helpful, but I think the word "tirar" also has to be taken into account in the translation. "And before throwing it away by letting it lie fallow, it would be convenient to analyze the causes that have produced this result." |
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allowing it to lapse into oblivion/letting it lapse into oblivion Explanation: I'm not familiar with the Spanish expression, but based on Noni's explanation, this might be a possibility. Examples: Martin Heidegger: In Europe and America https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9401019819 E.G. Ballard, C.E. Scott - 2012 - Philosophy ... in our concern for the particularities of daily existence, the more comprehensive sense that we have of what it means to be can **easily lapse into oblivion.** In fact ... https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idforum=2&i... Feb 11, 2007 - Another reason why even the most deservedly famous films of the golden age of cinema **have lapsed into temporary oblivion** is that the ... https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Popular_Science_Monthly_... Aug 25, 2018 - ... as no end in itself, but as a means to preserve a connected history of a series of interesting events, **otherwise liable to lapse into oblivion** |
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letting it all go to waste Explanation: I think this is the general thrust of the expression in the context. In this case, "it" might refer to all the efforts made previously. Example sentence(s):
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to head straight for the fallow land Explanation: Not a particularly inspired translation, but it does seem to make some sense in the context. Or perhaps "heading definitively for nowhere" |
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