go down the tube/tubes
go down the tubes
1. To be ruined or destroyed; to be caused to fail completely. My father's company is going down the tubes because of the incompetent new CEO.
2. To be squandered; to be wastefully used up or discarded. All of our savings have gone down the tubes ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas.
See also: down, go, tube
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go down the ˈtube/ˈtubes
(informal) (of a plan, company, situation, etc.) fail: The education system is going down the tubes.See also: down, go, tube
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
go down the tube
verbSee go down the tubes
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go down the tube(s)
and go down the chute in. to fail totally; to be ruined. I tried, but it all went down the tube. All my plans just went down the chute.
See also: down, go, tube
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- cook the books
- cue
- (right) on cue
- cook the accounts
- a/the fish rots from the head down
- a/the fish stinks from the head down
- be in the right spot at the right time
- be had up (for something)
- thick on the ground
- thick/thin on the ground