down the drain
常見例句
- One season of apples down the drain.
一季的蘋果就這樣付諸東流。 - I pumped six ounces and then had to pour it down the drain.
我吸出來了足有六盎司,然後不得不把它們倒進(jìn)了下水道。 - Silence was filled only by the inaudible swoosh of my career going down the drain , but I was on a roll.
一片寂靜,衹有我的職業(yè)生涯無聲無息的被鏇轉(zhuǎn)著沖入了下水道,但我也挺不住了。 - But once this scandal broke, all the Republican Party plans seemed to go down the drain.
NPR: Foley Allegations Put GOP into Political Tailspin - While the cleaning agent is important, everything else (including flagrance) literally washes down the drain.
FORBES: Household Items You're Paying Too Much For - Sinks are going down the drain, and steel is now heading in the same direction.
FORBES: Chinese Manufacturing Is Crashing 返回 down the drain