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41down the tubes/flush/chute — adv ruined, abandoned, beyond hope. These are racier versions of down the drain , down the pan or down the toilet , heard in the USA since the late 1970s and in Britain since the early 1980s. Bright enough to realise he is going down the tubes,… …
42down the tubes — adverb Into a state of collapse or failure. Syn: down the drain …
43down the swanie — Everyday English Slang in Ireland phr down the drain …
44down the drain — phrasal to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost …
45down the drain — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
46Down the drain — wasted (as effort, money, etc.) …
47down the drain — Australian Slang wasted (as effort, money, etc.) …
48down the drain — become worthless, be ruined, be forgotten …
49down the drain — Lost. Spent. Wasted. Mis spent. Squandered. Finished. Ruined …
50go down the drain — informal be totally wasted. → drain …
