Down The Drain

Pronunciation: /daʊn ðə dreɪn/

Definitions of down the drain

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

Example Sentences

A1 I accidentally dropped my phone down the drain.

A2 All of our hard work went down the drain when the project was canceled.

B1 The company's profits were going down the drain due to poor management.

B2 Years of research and development could be lost if this project goes down the drain.

C1 The politician's reputation went down the drain after the scandal was exposed.

C2 The company's stock value plummeted, sending millions of dollars down the drain.

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

Example Sentences

A1 I accidentally dropped my phone down the drain.

A2 All my hard work went down the drain when the computer crashed.

B1 The company's profits were going down the drain due to poor management.

B2 Years of research and development could be wasted if this project goes down the drain.

C1 The politician's reputation went down the drain after the scandal was exposed.

C2 The company's stock value plummeted, sending millions of investments down the drain.

article a word that is used to indicate the type of reference being made to a noun

Example Sentences

A1 I accidentally let my phone slip out of my hand and it went down the drain.

A2 The project was going well until a key team member quit, then everything went down the drain.

B1 After years of hard work, his dreams of starting his own business went down the drain when the economy crashed.

B2 The company's reputation went down the drain after a series of scandals were exposed to the public.

C1 Years of research and development went down the drain when the experiment failed to produce the desired results.

C2 The politician's career went down the drain after being caught in a corruption scandal.

Examples of down the drain in a Sentence

formal The company's investment went down the drain after the project failed.

informal All that money we spent on the concert tickets went down the drain when it got canceled.

slang I can't believe all my hard work studying for the test went down the drain because I overslept.

figurative Her dreams of becoming a singer went down the drain when she lost her voice.

Grammatical Forms of down the drain

• past tense: went down the drain
• plural: down the drains
• comparative: more down the drain
• superlative: most down the drain
• present tense: goes down the drain
• future tense: will go down the drain
• perfect tense: has gone down the drain
• continuous tense: is going down the drain
• singular: down the drain
• positive degree: down the drain
• infinitive: to go down the drain
• gerund: going down the drain
• participle: gone down the drain

Origin and Evolution of down the drain

First Known Use: 1850 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The phrase 'down the drain' is believed to have originated from the idea of something being wasted or lost by literally going down a drain or pipe, similar to money or resources being wasted.

Evolution of the word: Originally used in a literal sense, the phrase 'down the drain' has evolved to also convey the idea of something being lost or wasted in a figurative sense, such as time or effort being wasted.