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Meaning of down the drain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Wasted or irretrievable.
    idiomatic
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, the, drain.

Equivalents

Deutsch futsch
Ελληνικά στράφι
Español a pique al garete
Suomi kankkulan kaivoon
Polski stracony
Português ralo abaixo

Examples

“Well, my sense⟳ of humanity has gone down the drain Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

down the gurgler down the hatch down the khazi down the line down the middle down the pan

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