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down the drain en · ADP

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Wasted or irretrievable.
   • Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain. 1997, Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, the, drain.

Deriveds

go down the drain

Relateds

circle the drain

Synonyms

down the plughole

Translations (7)

pt ralo abaixo (Translations) · cmn 付諸東流 /付诸东流 (Translations) · es al garete (Translations) · pl zmarnowany (Translations) · pl stracony (Translations) · fi kankkulan kaivoon (Translations) · es a pique (Translations)