"à vau-l'eau" meaning in French

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Adverb

IPA: /a vo.l‿o/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-à vau-l'eau.wav Forms: à vau-l’ eau [canonical]
Head templates: {{fr-adv}} à vau-l’eau
  1. down the stream
    Sense id: en-à_vau-l'eau-fr-adv-anP~9D70
  2. (figuratively) down the drain, adrift Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-à_vau-l'eau-fr-adv-fg32Dbml Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aller à vau-l’eau, partir à vau-l’eau
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        "down the drain, adrift"
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