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The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.
Wim Wenders

Meaning of "down the drain" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWN THE DRAIN

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WHAT DOES DOWN THE DRAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWN THE DRAIN

down
down and dirty
down at heel
down in the mouth
down on one´s luck
down payment
down the hatch
down to
down under
down with
down-and-out
down-at-heel
down-bow
down-cycle
down-home
down-in-the-mouth
down-market
down-river
down-to-earth

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWN THE DRAIN

appledrain
Bahrain
brain
brain drain
catchwater drain
drain
drivetrain
field drain
grain
laugh like a drain
mole drain
rain
refrain
storm drain
strain
terrain
train
underdrain
wagon train
water on the brain

Synonyms and antonyms of down the drain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOWN THE DRAIN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «down the drain» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of down the drain
gone · lost · ruined · wasted

Translation of «down the drain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWN THE DRAIN

Find out the translation of down the drain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of down the drain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «down the drain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

血本无归
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por el desagüe
570 millions of speakers

English

down the drain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाली नीचे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هباء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на ветер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelo ralo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ড্রেন নিচে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dans le drain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ke bawah longkang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

im Eimer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドレインダウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드레인 아래로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mudhun saluran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống cống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடிகட்டி கீழே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निचरा खाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boşaltma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giù per lo scarico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w błoto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на вітер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe apa sâmbetei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάτω από τον αγωγό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

af in die drein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ner i avloppet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ned i avløpet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of down the drain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWN THE DRAIN»

The term «down the drain» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.283 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWN THE DRAIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about down the drain

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6 QUOTES WITH «DOWN THE DRAIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word down the drain.
1
John Belushi
Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.
2
Wes Borland
Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families.
3
Daniel Ek
It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists.
4
Johnny Otis
I'm not suggesting our music is the only music, but I am suggesting that there are certain elements in America's culture that are so precious that it would be a shame for them to go down the drain.
5
Wim Wenders
The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.
6
Paul Weyrich
If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWN THE DRAIN»

Discover the use of down the drain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to down the drain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Down the Drain: How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water ...
In this authoritative review of decades of legislation, research, and independent regulatory critiques, accompanied by riveting stories of the many failures of our water supply, award-winning journalist Chris Wood and Canadian water policy ...
Chris Wood, 2013
2
Down the Drain: Conserving Water
Discusses how we get the water we use everyday, how much water the average person uses--and wastes--in a day, and ways to conserve water.
Chris Oxlade, Anita Ganeri, 2005
3
Down the Drain!
Robert Munsch's hilarious take on bathtime is a long overdue tribute to the kids who dread taking them--and the poor parents who dread giving them!
Robert N. Munsch, 2009
4
Down the drain
Discusses the principles of household plumbing, water supply, and personal hygiene.
Thompson Yardley, 1991
5
Down the Drain with Jane: A Memoir of an American Family's ...
Jane and her husband, on assignment with AID, the U.S. Agency for International Development, traveled to Pakistan in 1953 with their three children to be faced with an experience that proved to be both funny and frustrating as well as ...
Jane Tessitor Braun, 2012
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Down the Drain: How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water ...
How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources Chris Wood. Act to prevent the release of “substances harmful to fish in waters they frequent” (a description that cannot help but evoke the plight of the deformed creatures swimming in the ...
Chris Wood, 2013
7
Water Not Down the Drain
"Water Not Down the Drain gives practical information about how to use rainwater and greywater at home.
Stuart McQuire, 2008
8
Fishies and Froggies in the Drain
My name is April V Costa. The title of my book is "Fishies and Froggies in the drain." This story was actually inspired by my two children. Memories are the fondest things. I have changed the story just a bit.
April V. Costa, 2013
9
Down the Drain!: A Moving Picture Storybook
Imagines that when a wind-up toy frog disappears he goes down the bathtub drain, where he takes part in the kinds of activities a real frog might enjoy.
Richard Powell, 2001
10
Take it Or Leave it: An Exaggerated Second-hand Tale to be ...
THE DRAIN bi-lingual word machine metafiction rnasturhatory gesture by the 20th century's great poet of the monstrous machinery of erections reaching in motion DOWN THE DRAIN book of non-knowledge; narcissistic novel; novel about ...
Raymond Federman, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWN THE DRAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term down the drain is used in the context of the following news items.
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The most common reason for a clogged drain
Pour hot grease in a can instead of down the sink, and catch small particles of food in a strainer before losing them down the drain. Paper is ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
2
Peoria firefighters rescue 7 baby quail from storm drain
... Peoria Fire-Medical crew from Station 196 tried various methods to scoop out the babies, but several of the chicks ran farther down the drain. «AZFamily, Jul 15»
3
Plumber's unfair dismissal case goes down the drain after using …
A former plumber who used his work mobile phone to access dating sites and pornography has lost his unfair dismissal case after being ... «SmartCompany.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Down the Drain: New white paper from sloan examines PERC study …
FRANKLIN PARK, IL – Sloan has issued a new white paper that discusses the results of the PERC I (The Plumbing Efficiency Research ... «Contractor Mag, Jul 15»
5
All talk, no action: Hydel power projects going down the drain
All talk, no action: Hydel power projects going down the drain. No funds have been allocated for the construction of two power plants. «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Down The Drain: Girl, 17, commits suicide over toilet row with parents
Down The Drain: Girl, 17, commits suicide over toilet row with parents. Down The DrainGirl, 17, commits suicide over toilet row with parents. «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
7
In One Ear: Down the drain
'Beth Laney from Discovery Coast Real Estate, Jeri Johnson from My Little Phone Book, Sue Moretz from Crab Pot Seafood Market ... «Daily Astorian, Jul 15»
8
In JK, Swachh Vidyalaya program goes down the drain
In JK, Swachh Vidyalaya program goes down the drain. Out of 14222 toilets for boys, only 14 have been completed while as work on 14208 is ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jun 15»
9
Money down the drain
Money down the drain. States spent around Rs 6,50,000 crore in the past decade on irrigation and flood control, but irrigated area barely rose, ... «Financial Express, Jun 15»
10
Bridge collapses: Villagers' effort and money go down the drain
Hundreds of residents of ten villages in the district had spent money from their own pockets one year ago to build a temporary bridge on the ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»

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