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brain drain

emigration of intelligent people If Canada's best professors move away, it's called a brain drain.

down the drain

wasted or lost He is just throwing money down the drain when he goes to the horse races.

drain the swamp

remove what prevents a clear view of the problem If I were manager, my first step would be to drain the swamp.

drain

to wear out; to exhaust; to annoy:"That girl had totally drained me; I wish she'd leave"

pour money down the drain

Idiom(s): pour money down the drain

Theme: MONEY

to waste money; to throw money away. (Informal.)
• What a waste! You're just pouring money down the drain.
• Don't buy any more of that low-quality merchandise. That's just throwing money down the drain.

Circling the drain

If someone is circling the drain, they are very near death and have little time to live. The phrase can also describe a project or plan or campaign that that is on the brink of failure.

throw money down the drain

waste money: "If you ask me, by giving your son all that money, you're really throwing money down the drain."

brain drain|brain|drain

n., informal 1. The loss of the leading intellectuals and researchers of a country due to excessive emigration to other countries where conditions are better. Britain suffered a considerable brain drain to the United States after World War II. 2. An activity requiring great mental concentration resulting in fatigue and exhaustion That math exam I took was a regular brain drain.

down the drain|down|drain

adj. or adv. phr., informal Wasted; lost. It is money down the drain if you spend it all on candy. Our plans to go swimming went down the drain when it rained.
Compare: GO BY THE BOARD.

go down the drain|go|go down

v. phr. To be lost or wasted forever. If he doesn't pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain.

circle the drain

To be in a accompaniment of astringent abasement such that one is abutting assured ruin, failure, or death. Usually acclimated in the connected form. The company's cease was inevitable, as it has been ambit the cesspool for the aftermost six months. Her political career began to amphitheater the cesspool afterwards account of her activity came to accessible light. He was already ambit the cesspool back the accommodation was fabricated to booty him off activity support.Learn more: circle, drain

ˌcircle the ˈdrain

(American English) (usually acclimated in the accelerating tenses) if article circles the cesspool it continues to become worse so that it may not be able to survive abundant longer: It appears the governor’s political career is ambit the drain.Learn more: circle, drain

circling (the drain)

tv. & in. to be in the final action of dying; to be in extremis. (Jocular but awkward hospital jargon.) Get Mrs. Smith’s son on the phone. She’s ambit the drain. Learn more: circle, drain

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