"down the tubes" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 泡汤了
• 毁了

Definition

“down the tubes”表示彻底失败、浪费或毁掉。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

口语表达，常用于形容计划、金钱或机会失败、浪费（比如“全泡汤了”）。通常不用于指人，仅指事物或状况。

Examples

All our plans went down the tubes after the storm.

暴风雨后，我们所有的计划都**泡汤了**。

My savings went down the tubes because of the medical bills.

因为医药费，我的积蓄全都**毁了**。

The project went down the tubes when we lost our funding.

资金没了，项目就**泡汤了**。

After the merger, all my hard work just went down the tubes.

合并后，我所有的努力都**白费了**。

One mistake and the whole deal could go down the tubes.

只要犯一个错误，整个交易就会**泡汤**。

If the software crashes now, weeks of work will go down the tubes.

如果现在软件崩溃，几周的工作就都**毁了**。