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down the drain idiom informal(Australian English alsodown the gurgler) C2 If work or money is or goes down the drain, it is spoiled or wasted: 打水漂,付诸东流 If the factory closes, that will be a million dollars' worth of investment down the drain.如果工厂关闭,那么100万美元的投资就打水漂了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Wasting boondoggle dissipate dissipation flabbily fritter piss prodigal prodigality prodigally profligacy profligate spendthrift throw good money after badidiom throw something away toss toss something away uneconomic unthrifty wastage wasted
down the drain | American Dictionary
down the drain idiom(alsodown the toilet) wasted or lost: I can’t believe it’s broken already – well, there’s seventy bucks down the drain.
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