flushed down the tubes
flushed down the tubes
Having lost or failed. The final score was 17-1, so yeah, we got flushed down the tubes.
See also: down, flush, tube
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
flushed down the tubes
Defeated. A 1950s college expression drawn from waste removal. After an exam that was more difficult than anticipated, a student might groan, “Man, did I get flushed down the tubes!”
See also: down, flush, tube
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- chuck down
- chuck something down
- bounce up and down
- boogie down
- boogie down to (some place)
- boogie down to somewhere
- anything new down your way?
- come a gutser
- bucket down
- be down to (one)