down the toilet

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

down the toilet

(idiomatic) Into a state of collapse or failure: wasted, squandered; irretrievable.
Well, their reputation is down the toilet.

Synonyms

down the drain; down the tube, down the tubes (US); down the khazi, down the pan (UK); down the cludgie (Scotland)

Derived terms

go down the toilet

Related terms

in the toilet

Translations

wasted, squandered; irretrievable

Czech: nazmar
Finnish: kankkulan kaivoon (idiomatic)
Polish: stracony, zmarnowany
Portuguese: ralo abaixo
Russian: псу под хво́ст (psu pod xvóst) (under the dog's tail), коту́ под хво́ст (ru) (kotú pod xvóst) (under the cat's tail)

See also

circle the drain