Bedeutung
Having a night out or indulging in fun activities.
Kultureller Hintergrund
The phrase is deeply linked to 'Bouzoukia' culture, where people express joy through expensive flower-throwing and late-night dancing. Similar usage, often associated with large family gatherings at traditional meze houses where the 'glenti' lasts for hours. The phrase is a point of pride, used to describe maintaining Greek traditions of celebration even in foreign environments. On Instagram, #torixaexo is a common hashtag for photos of cocktails, dinners, or nightclub scenes.
Use the contraction
Always say 'το 'ριξα' instead of 'το έριξα' to sound like a native speaker.
Watch the 'it'
Don't forget the 'το'. Saying 'έριξα έξω' sounds incomplete and confusing.
Bedeutung
Having a night out or indulging in fun activities.
Use the contraction
Always say 'το 'ριξα' instead of 'το έριξα' to sound like a native speaker.
Watch the 'it'
Don't forget the 'το'. Saying 'έριξα έξω' sounds incomplete and confusing.
The 'Treat' Factor
Often, if you say 'θα το ρίξουμε έξω,' there's an implication that someone might be treating the group.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the missing words to complete the idiom in the past tense.
Πήραμε το πτυχίο μας και χθες το βράδυ το _______ _______.
We use the first person plural ('ριξαμε) because the subject is 'we' (πήραμε το πτυχίο μας).
Which sentence uses the idiom correctly?
Choose the correct usage:
The idiom implies social fun, typically at a venue like a taverna.
Complete the dialogue with the appropriate form of the idiom.
Α: Είσαι πολύ κουρασμένος σήμερα. Β: Ναι, χθες το βράδυ με τους συναδέλφους _______.
The context 'yesterday night' (χθες το βράδυ) requires the past tense.
Match the situation to the most likely phrase.
Situation: You just won the lottery.
Winning the lottery is a perfect reason to celebrate and 'paint the town red'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
When to 'Throw it Outside'
Celebrations
- • Birthdays
- • Weddings
- • Promotions
Relief
- • After exams
- • After a big project
- • End of a hard week
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenΠήραμε το πτυχίο μας και χθες το βράδυ το _______ _______.
We use the first person plural ('ριξαμε) because the subject is 'we' (πήραμε το πτυχίο μας).
Choose the correct usage:
The idiom implies social fun, typically at a venue like a taverna.
Α: Είσαι πολύ κουρασμένος σήμερα. Β: Ναι, χθες το βράδυ με τους συναδέλφους _______.
The context 'yesterday night' (χθες το βράδυ) requires the past tense.
Situation: You just won the lottery.
Winning the lottery is a perfect reason to celebrate and 'paint the town red'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenTechnically yes, if the dinner is a special treat or expensive, but it usually implies a more energetic night out.
Not at all, it's just informal. It's a very positive, happy phrase.
Use 'το 'ριξαμε έξω'.
You would use 'διασκεδάζω' or 'βγαίνω για φαγητό/ποτό'.
Yes! 'Στις διακοπές μου το 'ριξα έξω' is a very common sentence.
Usually, yes, or at least staying out late and eating well.
It's a dummy pronoun. It doesn't refer to anything specific, similar to the 'it' in 'Take it easy'.
Yes, it can apply to any form of indulgent spending/fun.
Yes, from teenagers to the elderly, everyone 'throws it outside' in Greece.
Both are common, but the past tense 'το 'ριξα' is very frequent when recounting stories.
Verwandte Redewendungen
τα σπάω
synonymTo have an amazing time (literally 'to break them')
γλεντάω
similarTo celebrate/revel
το καίω
specialized formTo party extremely hard (literally 'to burn it')
βγαίνω
builds onTo go out
