"go down the drain" in Chinese (Traditional)

白白浪費付諸東流

Definition

如果某事go down the drain，意思是它被浪費或失去了，常指金錢、時間、努力等付諸東流。

這是非正式的英語習語，意思是資源（錢、時間、努力等）被浪費，不能直譯，不指真正的水管或下水道。常用於日常會話。

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

我所有的積蓄在那場車禍後**白白浪費了**。

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

如果我們不完成這個項目，我們的努力就**白費了**。

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

不要因為一個錯誤就讓你的希望**付諸東流**。

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

我花了好幾個小時寫那篇論文，現在因為電腦故障，一切都**白費了**。

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

合同一旦失敗，我們所有規劃就**白白浪費了**。

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

別難過——有時候，不管多努力，事情還是會**付諸東流**。