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Meaning of down the drain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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.

See also

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