英国统治印度期间，有一英兵不知何故被一帮印度大兵抛出窗外。于是，他便向其上司告状。

大兵：Those bastards threw me out the window！

上司：Does that mean you’re useless or something？

大兵：No，they did physically throw me out the window！

上司：How tall？

大兵：Well…about five floors，I guess.

上司：Wow！Congratulations to our Great British Empire！We’ve got a super soldier now！

“throw/toss something out the window”是指某某东西没有了，才要扔掉；再看看以下两个宅男的对话。

宅男甲：Due to a sudden power outage，my  three-hour computer work was tossed out of the window！

宅男乙：You forgot to save it？

宅男甲：Gosh！Now you reminded me！