"down the tubes" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 泡湯了
• 毀了

Definition

“down the tubes”表示徹底失敗、浪費或毀掉。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

口語用語，常用來形容計畫、金錢或機會失敗或浪費（如“全泡湯了”）。一般不用於人，只用於事情或情勢。

Examples

All our plans went down the tubes after the storm.

暴風雨後，我們所有的計畫都**泡湯了**。

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

因為醫藥費，我的積蓄全都**毀了**。

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

資金沒了，項目就**泡湯了**。

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

合併後，我所有的努力都**白費了**。

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

只要犯一個錯誤，整個交易就會**泡湯**。

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

如果現在軟體崩潰，幾週的工作就都**毀了**。