In the toilet Meaning in English

expression

US

in thuh TOY-let

UK

in thuh TOY-lut

التعريف

Literally, it means inside the bathroom or inside the toilet bowl. Informally, it can also mean something is in a bad or ruined state.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'In the toilet' is used literally for location but also idiomatically to mean something is failing or ruined ('My grades are in the toilet'). The idiom is informal and mainly American English. Don't confuse it with 'restroom' in formal speech.

• Spanish: en el baño - en el inodoro
• Portuguese (BR): no banheiro - no vaso sanitário
• Portuguese (PT): na casa de banho - na sanita
• Chinese (Simplified): 在厕所 - 在马桶里
• Chinese (Traditional): 在廁所 - 在馬桶裡
• Hindi: शौचालय में
• Arabic: في المرحاض
• Bengali: শৌচাগারে
• Russian: в туалете
• Japanese: トイレで - トイレの中に
• Vietnamese: trong nhà vệ sinh
• Korean: 화장실에서 - 변기에서
• Turkish: tuvalette
• Urdu: ٹوائلٹ میں
• Indonesian: di toilet - di kamar mandi

جمل نموذجية

I left my phone in the toilet by mistake.

basic

Please do not throw paper in the toilet.

basic

She is in the toilet. She will be back soon.

basic

Ever since the changes, company morale is basically in the toilet.

natural

My finances are in the toilet this month after all the bills.

natural

That idea is totally in the toilet now that they rejected it.

natural