DOWN THE DRAIN

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down the drain: translation

down the drain INFORMAL

► completely wasted or spoiled: »

When the project was scrapped, all our efforts went down the drain.

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People feel that renting property is money down the drain.

Main Entry: ↑drain

down the drain: translation

Fig. gone; wasted. •

Well, there's 400 bucks down the drain.

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A lot of money went down the drain in that Wilson deal.

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down the drain: translation

Fig. gone; wasted. •

Well, there's 400 bucks down the drain.

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A lot of money went down the drain in that Wilson deal.

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down the drain: translation

all gone, annihilated, consumed, dead, defunct, dissipated, done for, expired, extinct, gone, gone glimmering, gone to waste, had it, kaput, kaputt, lost, misspent, no more, passed away, perished, run to seed, spent, squandered, used, vanished, wasted