- down the chute
- down the chuteFig. gone; wasted; ruined. •
A lot of money went down the chute on that deal, and all for nothing.
•I just hate to see all that effort go down the chute.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
down the chute
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down the chute — adv ruined, abandoned, beyond hope. These are racier versions of down the drain , down the pan or down the toilet , heard in the USA since the late 1970s and in Britain since the early 1980s. Bright enough to realise he is going down the tubes,… … Contemporary slang
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down the tubes/flush/chute — adv ruined, abandoned, beyond hope. These are racier versions of down the drain , down the pan or down the toilet , heard in the USA since the late 1970s and in Britain since the early 1980s. Bright enough to realise he is going down the tubes,… … Contemporary slang
go down the drain — {v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go down the drain — {v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go down the tube(s) — AND go down the chute in. to fail totally; to be ruined. □ The whole project is likely to go down the tubes. □ All my plans just went down the chute … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
go down the chute — v. faill completely … English slang
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