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down the drain
Idioms and Phrases
On the way to being lost or wasted; disappearing. For example, Buying new furniture when they can't take it with them is just pouring money down the drain , or During the Depression huge fortunes went down the drain . This metaphoric term alludes to water going down a drain and being carried off. [ Colloquial ; c. 1920] For a synonym, see down the tubes .Example Sentences
On TikTok, users have demanded a boycott of American products, filming themselves pouring Coca Cola down the drain.
Previously, a single flush could send 5 to 7 gallons鈥攁n office watercooler鈥檚 worth of water鈥攄own the drain.
And down the drain would go their pursuit of a national championship, the first in the program鈥檚 history.
You don鈥檛 finish the milk by that date, of course, so you dutifully pour the remainder down the drain the day after.
Every year, about 350 million liters goes down the drain, costing businesses over A$580 million to dispose of it and wasting some of the resources it takes to make milk.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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