"down the drain" meaning in All languages combined

See down the drain on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-down the drain.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} down the drain, {{en-prep phrase}} down the drain
  1. (idiomatic) Wasted or irretrievable. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): 付諸東流 (Chinese Mandarin), 付诸东流 (fùzhūdōngliú) (Chinese Mandarin), kankkulan kaivoon (Finnish), ralo abaixo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-down_the_drain-en-prep_phrase-en:wasted_or_irretrievable Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, the, drain. Derived forms: go down the drain Related terms: circle the drain
    Sense id: en-down_the_drain-en-prep_phrase-en:literally
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