"down the drain" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 白費了
• 打水漂

Definition

「Down the drain」指的是某事被浪費或失去，通常是指金錢、時間或努力沒有成果。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於口語，表示對錢、時間或努力白費的無奈和沮喪。常見搭配：'money/time down the drain'，並非指東西真的掉進水槽。

Examples

All my hard work went down the drain.

我所有的努力都**白費了**。

After the project failed, the money was down the drain.

項目失敗後，錢都**打水漂了**。

If you quit now, everything you've done will be down the drain.

如果你現在放棄，之前做的一切都會**白費了**。

All that money just went down the drain because of a tiny mistake.

就因為一個小錯誤，所有的錢都**打水漂了**。

I can't believe all my vacation savings are down the drain now.

真不敢相信我的度假積蓄現在全都**白費了**。

We spent months planning, but when it rained on the wedding day, it all went down the drain.

我們花了幾個月策劃，但婚禮那天一下雨，一切都**白費了**。