英语词汇“down the drain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	down the drain
释义	down the drain phrase If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted. [informal] They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain. If I don't get planning permission, all my hard work will go the drain. See full dictionary entry for drain down the drain phrase If you say that a business is going down the drain, you mean that it is failing financially. [informal] Small local stores are going down the drain. Synonyms: gone, lost, wasted, ruined More Synonyms of down the drain See full dictionary entry for drain down the drain in British English wasted See full dictionary entry for drain down the drain in American English lost in a wasteful, heedless way See full dictionary entry for drain Examples of 'down the drain' in a sentence down the drain Leaving money in these accounts is like pouring it down the drain. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It could be throwing good money down the drain. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But is it just money down the drain? The Sun (2012) The danger now is that this surge in public spending will just flow down the drains and out to sea. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We threw it down the drain. Times, Sunday Times (2006) All my efforts down the drain! Christianity Today (2000) We have to react to what they do, otherwise we would go down the drain. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I touched the wall and that was your dreams all down the drain for a split second. The Sun (2008) A long history has gone down the drain. The Sun (2007) One colleague had nurtured hers for ten days, only for her cleaner to flush it down the drain. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Anyone who lives an average lifespan will end up paying in far more than their family will receive - hundreds of pounds down the drain. Times, Sunday Times (2016) (idiom) in the sense of gone Definition wasted His public image is down the drain. Synonyms gone He's already been gone four hours! lost the relics of a lost civilization wasted a wasted opportunity to help ruined down the tubes down the pan gone for good See drain Additional synonyms in the sense of lost Definition no longer possessed or existing the relics of a lost civilization Synonyms past, former, gone, dead, forgotten, lapsed, extinct, obsolete, out-of-date, bygone, unremembered in the sense of wasted Definition unnecessary or unfruitful a wasted opportunity to help Synonyms missed, lost, blown (informal), neglected, squandered Nearby words of down the drain down in or at the mouth down in the dumps down payment down the drain down-and-out down-at-heel down-market Synonyms of 'down the drain' down the drain Explore 'down the drain' in the dictionary
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