down the drain in English

become worthless, be ruined, be forgotte

Use "down the drain" in a sentence

1. It went down the drain.

2. The water swirled down the drain.

3. Their friendship will go down the drain.

4. The ice cubes swirled down the drain.

5. All my effort went down the drain.

6. Ho hum, another nice job down the drain.

7. It's just money down the drain, you know.

8. That's why this country's going down the drain!

9. Take us down, and Papa's down the drain

10. Well, there's another fifty dollars down the drain.

11. $ 2 billion of his funds assets down the drain.

12. 3 It's just money down the drain, you know.

13. There's a month of my life down the drain.

14. Well that's it. 18 months' work down the drain.

15. The results of years of work went down the drain.

16. Or our effort for years will go down the drain!

17. It slides into your pocket like rain down the drain.

18. 13 I don't want to throw my money down the drain.

19. 11 I don't like to throw my money down the drain.

20. He's not going to let it go down the drain now.

21. 1 It slides into your pocket like rain down the drain.

22. The water made a gurgling noise as it ran down the drain.

23. You might as well take money and shovel it down the drain.

24. I felt that everything I'd worked for had gone down the drain.

25. It foreclosed on the mortgages, and the mill went down the drain.

26. And she would die in the bathtub, her blood going down the drain.

27. They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.

28. It may help to twist drain rods when pushing them down the drain.

29. A single mistake and all that time and money would go down the drain.

30. 9 It is money down the drain if you spend it all on candy.

31. It might be convenient to just rinse with water and flush it down the drain

32. It Backwashes the solids down the drain so that there are no cartridges to change.

33. It Backwashes the solids down the drain so that there are no cartridges to change

34. His fortune go down the drain when he begin drinking heavily and gambling in casinos.

35. If the factory closes, that will be a million pounds' worth of investment down the drain.

36. If someone stops paying, you don't just flush an asset like that down the drain, do you?

37. Dietitians responded by telling cooks to dump yolks down the drain and use the cholesterol-free whites.

38. Several Minoan private homes also had toilets, which could be flushed by pouring water down the drain.

39. • Do not pour ignitable/flammable substances (straight alcohols, ethers, acetone, xylol, chloroform) or other solvents down the drain.

40. Context examples: the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf / the Confiscated liquor was poured down the drain

41. Male speaker I fear that safety standards will go down the drain as people seek to make most profit.

42. Do they still boil cabbage to a soupy pulp in Britain, and pour the vitamin C down the drain?

43. 19 Why are they allowing the ratepayers and taxpayers of this country to go on throwing money down the drain?

44. Selling your used textbooks at the campus bookstore during Buyback is a sure way to throw money down the drain

45. The summit was sure to go down the drain if we played our "hole card" of blockade against the area.

46. There are fears of family life going down the drain, as staff may get only two complete weekends off in seven.

47. The trouble with trying to maintain an old car is that you're always pouring money down the drain to keep it roadworthy.

48. 22 If you rely on a high-priced brand to ensure a good hair day, you could be sending money down the drain.

49. 20 The trouble with trying to maintain an old car is that you're always pouring money down the drain to keep it roadworthy.

50. You can use this verb to mean pollute or contaminate: "Dumping those chemicals down the drain will eventually Befoul our town's drinking water."