"go down the drain" in Chinese (Simplified)

白白浪费付诸东流

Definition

如果某事go down the drain，意思是它被浪费或失去了，常用来指金钱、时间、努力等付诸东流。

这是非正式的英语习语，指资源（钱、时间、努力等）被浪费。不能字面理解，不用于真实下水道。常见于日常交流。

All my savings went down the drain after the car accident.

我的所有积蓄在那场车祸后**白白浪费了**。

If we don't finish the project, our work will go down the drain.

如果我们不完成这个项目，我们的努力就**白费了**。

Don’t let your hopes go down the drain just because of one mistake.

不要因为一个错误就让你的希望**付诸东流**。

I spent hours on that essay, and now it's all gone down the drain because my computer crashed.

我花了好几个小时写那篇论文，现在因为电脑崩溃，一切都**白费了**。

Once the contract fell through, all our planning just went down the drain.

合同一旦失败，我们所有规划就**白白浪费了**。

Don't feel bad—sometimes things just go down the drain, no matter how hard you try.

别难过——有时候，无论多努力，事情还是会**付诸东流**。