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21pour/throw money down the drain — Ⅰ. be/pour/throw, etc. money down the drain ► to waste money: »In propping up these industries, is the government throwing taxpayers money down the drain? Main Entry: ↑money Ⅱ. throw money down the drain UK (US throw money down a rat hole) …
22throw money down the drain — Ⅰ. be/pour/throw, etc. money down the drain ► to waste money: »In propping up these industries, is the government throwing taxpayers money down the drain? Main Entry: ↑money Ⅱ. throw money down the drain UK (US throw money down a rat hole) …
23go down the drain — {v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./ …
24go down the drain — {v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./ …
25(go) down the drain — (go) down the ˈdrain idiom (BrE also (go) down the ˈplughole) (informal) (to be) wasted; (to get) very much worse • It s just …
26go down the drain — phrasal : to come to be outmoded, discarded, or lost our opinions … will have either gone down the drain or become every man s private conviction Virgil Thomson * * * go down the drain , ● go * * * informal be totally wasted the government must… …
27pour something down the drain — phrase to waste something They accused the government of pouring taxpayers’ money down the drain. Thesaurus: to waste or misuse a thing or opportunitysynonym Main entry: pour …
28to go down the drain — drained drained adj. having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; of people; as, the day s events left her completely drained of strength. [WordNet 1.5] 2. having resources completely depleted. Syn: depleted. [WordNet 1.5] 3. having …
29go down the drain — ► go down the drain informal be totally wasted. Main Entry: ↑drain …
30go\ down\ the\ drain — v. phr. To be lost or wasted forever. If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain …