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down the tubes
Idioms and Phrases
Also, down the tube . Into a state of failure or ruin, as in If he failed the test, his chances went down the tubes . ] Colloquial ; 1960s] Also see down the drain .Example Sentences
鈥淢ost critics are stupid. They really are. Theater criticism has gone right down the tubes,鈥 Cox said.
"From that point on I have always had a soft spot for them, but I started focusing on them more and more as Scottish football started to go down the tubes a little bit."
The 50-year-old had been picked to do the latest Bushtucker trial, titled Down The Tubes, with fellow campmate Josie Gibson.
But with the Court鈥檚 legitimacy in question - and its popularity down the tubes - who should hold the Justices accountable?
A sample of the reactions included 鈥淐NN has really gone down the tubes lately,鈥 鈥渢he pundit couldn鈥檛 even correct the misgendering of Dylan. This makes me sad.鈥
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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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