According to the Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, the expression “throw it over the hill” means to get rid of something. In Appalachia, the phrase can also mean “wrap it up,” as in bring something to a close. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Throw it Over the Hill”
You know sometimes I just like to page through the dictionary of smoky mountain english.
It’s so delicious that great dictionary by michael montgomery. Yes, yes. What’d you find this time?
This time I found the phrase throw it over the hill. Throw it over the hill. I’m gonna throw it over the hill.
What’s I don’t know what that what that is. Well, according to the dictionary it means to go home, you know, time to throw it over the hill.
Okay.
But I, you know, I did some digging on that, and it turns out that a lot of people use throw it over the hill to simply mean get rid of it.
Oh, I see.
And that reminds me of my father’s people back in the hills.
You know, I can just see them saying, I’m just going to throw it over the hill.
North Carolina.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Throw it over the hill, mean.
Yeah, get rid of it.
Get rid of it.
Go home.
Wrap up the evening.
Yeah.
Yeah, wrap up the evening.
I like that.
Oh, it’s nine o’clock.
I got to throw it over the hill.
Wrap it up in old newspaper.
It’s finished.
