"pour money down the drain" 怎么发音
expression
PAWR MUH-nee DOWN thuh DRAIN
PAW muh-nee DOWN thuh DRAIN
释义
To waste money on something useless or unproductive, as if you were throwing cash into a drain.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈpɔɹ/ /ˈməni/ /ˈdaʊn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈdɹeɪn
英式英语
pˈɔː/ /mˈʌni/ /dˈaʊn/ /ðə, ði/ /dɹˈeɪn
简化发音
美式
PAWR MUH-nee DOWN thuh DRAIN
英式
PAW muh-nee DOWN thuh DRAIN
语境中听
If you buy a broken car, you just pour money down the drain.
Don't pour money down the drain on things you don't need.
He is pouring money down the drain with all these repairs.
After seeing the results, I realized we'd just poured money down the drain.