"go down the tube" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 一敗塗地
• 徹底失敗

Definition

如果某事「一敗塗地」，就表示徹底失敗、浪費或毀掉。常用於描述計劃、專案或金錢。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式用語，英式英文較常見，用於描述嚴重失敗或浪費。對應中文的「全盤皆輸」、「泡湯了」。

Examples

All our hard work just went down the tube after the computer crashed.

我們所有的努力在電腦當機後全都**一敗塗地**了。

The project went down the tube because we ran out of money.

專案因為沒錢**徹底失敗了**。

If the deal falls through, everything will go down the tube.

如果交易失敗，一切都會**一敗塗地**。

I saved for years, but it all went down the tube after the medical bills.

我存了好幾年，但醫療帳單一來就全**一敗塗地**了。

Their relationship really went down the tube after that argument.

那次爭吵後，他們的關係真的**徹底失敗了**。

Once the main investor pulled out, the whole company just went down the tube.

主要投資人撤資後，公司就整個**一敗塗地**了。