down the drain

The trouble with trying to maintain an old car is that you're always pouring money down the drain to keep it roadworthy.

We have said it would all be sudden as the dark whirlwind goes down the drain, just as you see water swirl down a drain.

Hackett was prepared to pour the batch down the drain if it tasted awful.

He said "our banking system is going to lose hundreds of billions of dollars" and taxpayer money was "going down the drain" .

"My esteem for the Japanese government has completely gone down the drain, " she said.

His fortune went down the drain when he began drinking heavily and gambling in casinos .

Right. -You know, when they go down the drain, when you don't use all of the container, what do you end up doing with it?

Daisy was in the bathroom. She was brushing her teeth and the tap was on. Water was pouring into the washbasin and vanishing down the drain.

All of his hopes and dreams of one day becoming the company's CEO went down the drain when the company went bankrupt.

As it swirls down the drain, remember it will need to be pumped to a treatment centre and treated to potable quality.

John had spent hours keying data into the computer, but it all went down the drain when a power cut erased the machine's memory.

I've seen very talented people literally go down the drain because they couldn't seem to keep their focus long enough to get anything done.

A long time ago, there was a very handsome prince named Yi, he fell in love with heaven as a maid Helen pouring money down the drain.

But all the bad stuff doesn't conveniently slide down the drain; some of it thrives if those surfaces stay moist.

Due to inept management and bad decisions, the company's profits went down the drain.

In his opinion, continuing to pay rent each month for his apartment is just pouring money down the drain.

The hardest part of his job is watching his creations disappear down the drain after they're photographed.

b: i know. i was there when he got so out of hand and poured all his money down the drain.

If you rely on a high-priced brand to ensure a good hair day, you could be sending money down the drain.

Amid all this, the humble bathtub's popularity is swirling down the drain.

A proposal to honor the New Orleans cocktail known as the Sazerac has gone down the drain.

It's just money down the drain , you know .

Stick it out, or all our efforts will go down the drain.

Across the country, one-third of household water consumption goes down the drain every time a toilet goes flush.

I can sympathise with your suspicion that the lawyer is money down the drain.

I understand that. Butyou're your heart at ease. I'll not let the money go down the drain.

Perhaps you simply have to work harder if you sell a product that literally gets washed down the drain.

I did nothing but play and read about Go so my grades were going down the drain.

A: I'm afraid that you will let the money go down the drain again. We can't afford to throw away the money.

Sam has lost interest in flushing underwear down the lavatory, I am pleased to say, but he still likes tipping shampoo down the drain.

But by all means continue to be insecure over this while your economy goes down the drain.

I can hardly play piano now. The 5 years of piano lessons have all gone down the drain.

The organisms that stay in the tube of toothpaste are the fittest. The others get flushed down the drain.

And if they turn off the tap, all of your hard work may go down the drain.

Let it sit for an hour or so, then run hot water down the drain to clear out the salt.

Soap molecules surround and lift the germs, friction from rubbing your hands loosens them, and water rinses them down the drain.

But it's better than pouring leftover wine down the drain.

Her sparkling future had gone down the drain; the past years of hard work were wasted.

Hettie: Yes, he's got the faucet running and it's showing the number of liters he's letting go down the drain while he's brushing his teeth.

You've already spent a lot of money fixing your old car. Spending more is just money down the drain.

I mean, it would be my whole social life down the drain.

All the money I lent him went down the drain.

If you read any further all those years you spent admiring the machismo of super cars might just go down the drain.

Most people feel that paying rent is like throwing money down the drain or lining someone else's pockets.

Today's today. Tomorrow, we may be ourselves gone down the drain of eternity.

Why throw money down the drain at the local car wash when you can do it yourself at home?

I took down my shower head to wash it down the drain, and in the process, got soap in my eye and rammed my head into the wall.

The range of pollutants is vast, depending only on what gets "thrown down the drain. "

The summit was sure to go down the drain if we played our "hole card" of blockade against the area.

That meant the baristas were pouring millions of dollars of leftover milk down the drain.

Phosphates are added to dishwashing and . . . Your Rights Down the Drain.

During the Depression huge fortunes went down the drain.

My wife wanted a new carpet in the living room, but as we are moving in six months it would only be money down the drain.

Paying college tuition and then not studying hard is like throwing money down the drain.

The baristas were pouring millions of dollars of leftover milk down the drain.

Never put water down the drain when there may be another use for it such as watering a plant or garden, or cleaning.

The mobile telephone is too old. Paying to fix it just pours your money down the drain .

A knife, shun down the drain. Having eyes, no eyebrows. (play move things) fish.

His business went down the drain recently, and he still hasn't recovered from the shock.

When Beckham missed the penalty kick, his team's advantage went down the drain.

Oh great! My computer's crashed again! That's another morning's work down the drain!

Thankfully, most of these are benign and even the unsavoury ones can usually be washed down the drain without causing any harm.

If the teens sense they are not being taken seriously, all hope of helping them goes down the drain.

Later, when you unplug the stopper, the used water will go rushing out down the drain.

What a pity public opinion was ignored then and millions of taxpayers' money went down the drain.

He got sick and could not sit the examination. His three month efforts went down the drain.

Rebecca could not believe that their four- year friendship had gone down the drain .

Do they go straight down the drain on a bunch of stuff you don't need?

He spread a newspaper over the bathroom sink so that no hair went down the drain.

Well, they go down the drain if you don't have disability insurance.

I pumped six ounces and then had to pour it down the drain.

David, you lost my data! What a drag. . . a day's work down the drain!

Safety standards have gone down the drain.

Dad, how old do you love to pouring money down the drain in an ashtray, and make such a dirty ashtray?

All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

Flush all those theories down the drain.

There goes three month's salary down the drain.

All my effort went down the drain.

Water authorities are capitalizing on the attention to teach citizens they shouldn't do things like pour oil and grease down the drain.

I can't believe it, four years go down the drain.

Pour a teaspoonful of 1: 99 diluted household bleach solution down the drain outlet.

All our efforts went down the drain when the power went out. Now we have to do the whole experiment again.

He poured the cold tea down the drain .

What a drag! A day's work down the drain!

It's all going down the drain.

I lead love down the drain.

It went down the drain.

All our efforts went down the drain when the power went out.

Should a recruit not re-enlist, not only is that money down the drain but it will cost another $100, 000 to train a replacement.

Greeks are rioting because they can see their economic future being washed down the drain of the euro.

So, I want to know if the killer washed blood down the drain.

once a hospital bed is slept in, a year of farming goes down the drain;

That ear and nose hair trimmer I got him was just money down the drain

Watch what you wash down the drain

Waste cooking oil doesn't have to go down the drain;

As Stiglitz and Bilmes put it, "Money spent on armaments is money poured down the drain" ;

I told you, I loved you, now thats all down the drain

Send the poison rain down the drain

Watch the water run down the drain

have gone down the drain

and pours it down the drain

I think it's running down the drain

To study English with Xindongfang is just pouring money down the drain.