"down the toilet" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-down the toilet.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} down the toilet, {{en-prep phrase}} down the toilet
  1. (idiomatic) Into a state of collapse or failure: wasted, squandered; irretrievable. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: down the drain, down the tube, down the tubes [US], down the khazi, down the pan [UK], down the cludgie [Scotland] Derived forms: go down the toilet Related terms: in the toilet, circle the drain Translations (wasted, squandered; irretrievable): nazmar (Czech), kankkulan kaivoon [idiomatic] (Finnish), ralo abaixo (Portuguese), псу под хво́ст (psu pod xvóst) (english: under the dog's tail) (Russian), коту́ под хво́ст (kotú pod xvóst) (english: under the cat's tail) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-down_the_toilet-en-prep_phrase-3SHIYCPY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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