كيف تنطق "down the tubes"
expression
ˈdaʊn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈtubz
DOWN thuh TOOBZ
dˈaʊn/ /ðə, ði/ /tjˈuːbz
DOWN thuh TYOOBZ
التعريف
If something goes 'down the tubes,' it completely fails, is wasted, or is ruined.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈdaʊn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈtubz
الإنجليزية البريطانية
dˈaʊn/ /ðə, ði/ /tjˈuːbz
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
DOWN thuh TOOBZ
بريطاني
DOWN thuh TYOOBZ
استمع في السياق
All our plans went down the tubes after the storm.
My savings went down the tubes because of the medical bills.
The project went down the tubes when we lost our funding.
After the merger, all my hard work just went down the tubes.