tube

boob tube

slang The television. What's on the boob-tube tonight? Anything good?

crack a tube

To open a beer, usually in a can. I like to crack a tube or two when I get home from work.

down the drain

1. In a state of failure or ruination. My father's company is now going down the drain because of the incompetent new CEO.

2. Squandered or wastefully discarded. All of our savings have gone down the drain ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas.

See also: down, drain

down the tube(s)

Awry; in a state of deterioration or failure. You got a C average? Boy, your grades have really gone down the tubes this semester. We had big plans for our trip, but the terrible weather made it all go down the tube.

flushed down the tubes

Having lost or failed. The final score was 17-1, so yeah, we got flushed down the 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

in the tube

In surfing, riding inside the barrel of a wave. He's in the tube right now—that's why you can't see him from here.

See also: tube

the toothpaste is out of the tube

To rescind information that has been shared or reverse an action that has been taken, especially that which is damaging or undesirable. How confident are you in this information? Because once we announce it, the toothpaste is out of the tube. The company has sought to make reparations for the harms its former CEO caused, but the toothpaste is out of the tube, as it were.

tube it

1. slang To travel (to some place) on the London Underground or some similar public rapid transit system. Primarily heard in UK. I'm living right next to Bayswater station, so thankfully I can just tube it to work each morning. A: "Do you want to split a taxi?" B: "Nah, let's just tube it."

2. slang To fail some test or examination. Primarily heard in US. A: "How'd the test go?" B: "Not good. I'm pretty sure I tubed it."

See also: tube

tube steak

1. slang A sausage, especially a frankfurter. Nothing says summertime like being out in the sunshine grilling up burgers and tube steaks!

2. vulgar slang A penis. I came in the room and he was standing there with his tube steak just hanging right out in the open!

tubed

slang Surfing through the cylindrical passage of a wave formed by its crest tipping forward in an arc. The waves were supreme that day. We were all getting tubed on nearly every ride. Wow, I can't believe he got tubed on just his second ever time surfing!

See also: tube

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

down the drain

On the way to being lost or wasted; disappearing. For example, Buying new furniture when they can't take it with them is just pouring money down the drain , or During the Depression huge fortunes went down the drain. This metaphoric term alludes to water going down a drain and being carried off. [Colloquial; c. 1920] For a synonym, see down the tubes.

See also: down, drain

down the tubes

Also, down the tube. Into a state of failure or ruin, as in If he failed the test, his chances went down the tubes. ] Colloquial; 1960s] Also see down the drain.

down the drain

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

down the tubes

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

down the pan

BRITISH

COMMON If something is going down the drain, down the tubes or down the pan, it is getting worse or being destroyed and it is unlikely to recover. They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain. People don't like to see marriages going down the tubes. Note: Words such as plughole and toilet are sometimes used instead of drain. Neil admitted recently that long working hours mean his personal life has gone down the toilet.

1. If money, work, or time has gone down the drain, down the tubes or down the pan, it has been lost or wasted. Over the years, the government has poured billions of dollars down the drain propping up its national airlines and other firms. You have ruined everything — my perfect plans, my great organization. All those years of work are down the drain. Note: Words such as plughole and toilet are sometimes used instead of drain. Millions of dollars have gone down the plughole.

See also: down, drain

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

down the tube (or tubes)

lost or wasted. informal

2001 High Country News I've already lost my alfalfa crop; that's about $20,000 down the tubes.

down the drain

totally wasted or spoilt. informal

1930 W. Somerset Maugham The Breadwinner All his savings are gone down the drain.

See also: down, drain

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

(go) down the ˈdrain

(British English also (go) down the ˈplughole) (informal) (be) wasted or lost; (get) much worse: He watched his business, which had taken so long to build up, go slowly down the drain.

See also: down, drain

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

bake the tube steak

tv. to copulate. Bobby was set to bake the tube steak last night, but he failed to preheat the oven.

boob-tube

(ˈbubˈtub)

n. a television set. (Something for a boob to watch.) You spend too much time in front of the boob-tube.

cop a tube

tv. to catch a perfect tubular wave. (Surfers.) Mark—as drunk as all get out—said he was gonna go out and cop a tube.

crack a tube

tv. to open a can of beer. (see also tube.) Why don’t you drop over this evening, and we’ll crack a few tubes?

down the drain

mod. gone; wasted. A lot of money went down the drain in that Wilson deal.

See also: down, drain

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

go down the tube

verb

See go down the tubes

See also: down, go, tube

in the tube

1. mod. in the “tube” or arch of a large wave. (Surfing.) On a day like today, I want to be out there in the tube.

2. mod. at risk. He’s in the tube now, but things should straighten out soon.

See also: tube

tube

1. n. a can of beer. (see also crack a tube.) Toss me a tube, will ya?

2. n. the inner curve of a tall wave. (see also tubular.) I’m waiting for the best tube.

3. in. to fail; to go down the tube(s). (see also tube it.) The whole plan tubed at the last minute.

4. n. a television set. The tube is in the shop, so I read a book.

5. n. a cigarette. There’s a pack of tubes in my jacket.

tube it

tv. to fail a test. (see also tube.) I was afraid I’d tube it, so I studied my head off.

See also: tube

tube steak

1. n. a frankfurter or a wiener. (see also pimp steak.) I could live on tube steak. Nothing is better!

2. and tube steak of love n. the penis. She laughed so hard when he said “tube steak of love,” that he lost interest, so to speak. His tube steak was reminding him that it was time to get up.

tube steak of love

verb

See tube steak

tubed

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also tube.) They were both tubed and giggling.

See also: tube

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

down the drain

To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain.

See also: down, drain

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

down the drain

Wasted resources. The term, alluding to water flowing down a drain, was transferred to expending effort or funds on a useless enterprise. “Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain,” wrote Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (1890–1971) in Too Much. To go down the drain means to become worthless. It was so used by W. Somerset Maugham (The Breadwinner, 1930): “All his savings are gone down the drain.”

See also: down, drain

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

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!”

tube steak

A humorous (and sometimes pretentious) name for a plain ol' hot dog.

See also: steak, tube

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

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crack a tube
in the tube
cop a tube
bazoongies
bezongas
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bake the tube steak

References in periodicals archive

Prabhu, "Intercostal drainage tube or intracardiac drainage tube?" Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, vol.

Unusual Malposition of a Chest Tube, Intrathoracic but Extrapleural

* If clotted, the tube is recapped and is rejected, and the nurse is contacted to re-collect.

Benefits of an instrument-compatible capillary blood collection microtube

Essel Propack, Danville, VA, invested in new tooling to manufacture a 60mm laminate tube for Unilever's AXE brand body wash that was launched in February.

Trending in tubes: from barrier protection to enhanced deco, tubes remain a top packaging pick for cosmetic and personal care products

Zekelman Industries and its Atlas Tube operating division said American Tube will continue to operate under their brand and identity and will become part of the Atlas Tube division.

Zekelman Acquires Alabama Steel Tube Maker

Tubing that has been damaged can cause the tube and to be out of round, which may mean it cannot be located and assembled correctly.

Tube preparation

Results: Tube thoracostomies were performed in a vast variety of procedures.

IS CHEST TUBE CLAMPING NECESSARY BEFORE REMOVAL? AN EXPERIENCE WITH 2661 CASES OF TUBE THORACOSTOMIES

As part of their multifaceted expansion, Steel Tube Inc.

Statesville North Carolina Steel Tubing Manufacturer, Steel Tube Inc. Completes Proposed Expansion

Gas tube alignment is fairly straightforward in rack grade AR-15s.

Gas tube alignment: Proper gas tube alignment in the AR-15 leads to improved accuracy with fewer fliers. Here's how to improve it

Nineteen eyes of 17 patients who underwent conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy (CDCR) or conjunctivorhinostomy (CR) surgery with a tear drainage tube placement between October 2010 and February 2014 were included in this retrospective comparative study.

Comparison of medpor coated tear drainage tube versus silicon tear drainage tube in conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy: problems and solutions

Starting from the extruder, medical tube production typically follows a six- or seven- step process that encompasses several different types of equipment, including the vacuum cooling tank, several gauging and measurement devices, a puller and a cutter, as in Fig.

How to Improve Production of Catheters and Stents: Advances in downstream extrusion equipment have boosted production control

The 2016 US clinical guidelines of nutrition support for critical care patients [1] and the SEPSIS guidelines [2] argued that nasojejunal feeding should be placed below the pylorus for patients who were at high risk of improper aspiration and who were intolerant of oral or gastric feeding.[3],[4] There are multiple methods to introduce a jejunal feeding tube, including blind bedside placement,[5] fluoroscopic insertion,[6] percutaneous endoscopic insertion,[7] and electromagnetic imaging-assisted insertion.[8] Of these approaches, fluoroscopic insertion and percutaneous endoscopic insertion are not suitable for patients of intensive medicine.

Placement of a Jejunal Feeding Tube via an Ultrasound-Guided Antral Progressive Water Injection Method

Cut fabric strips on the lengthwise, crosswise or bias grain to accommodate different tube widths and stretch amounts.

TUBE TURNING: A variety of projects, such as narrow dress straps and wide purse handles, require fabric tubes for both functionality and embellishment. Learn eight stress-free tube turning techniques using common sewing room supplies and specialty tools.

From here you can make adjustments if you like by cutting down or adding a longer tube where needed.

Yak rack stacks up: build a space-saving storage rack for your kayaks

Heat carrier can flow through the tubes and heat or cool the coolant inside the tube or vice versa.

Heat transfer between the non-standard tube bundle and statically stable foam flow/Silumos mainai tarp nestandartinio vamzdziu pluosto ir statiskai stabiliu putu srauto

Fact.MR has announced the addition of the "Steel Tubes Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking - Global Review 2018 to 2027"report to their offering.

Steel Tubes Market Pegged for Robust Expansion During 2018 to 2027

词组	tube
释义	tube boob tube slang The television. What's on the boob-tube tonight? Anything good? See also: boob, tube crack a tube To open a beer, usually in a can. I like to crack a tube or two when I get home from work. See also: crack, tube down the drain 1. In a state of failure or ruination. My father's company is now going down the drain because of the incompetent new CEO. 2. Squandered or wastefully discarded. All of our savings have gone down the drain ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas. See also: down, drain down the tube(s) Awry; in a state of deterioration or failure. You got a C average? Boy, your grades have really gone down the tubes this semester. We had big plans for our trip, but the terrible weather made it all go down the tube. See also: down 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 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 in the tube In surfing, riding inside the barrel of a wave. He's in the tube right now—that's why you can't see him from here. See also: tube the toothpaste is out of the tube To rescind information that has been shared or reverse an action that has been taken, especially that which is damaging or undesirable. How confident are you in this information? Because once we announce it, the toothpaste is out of the tube. The company has sought to make reparations for the harms its former CEO caused, but the toothpaste is out of the tube, as it were. See also: of, out, tube tube it 1. slang To travel (to some place) on the London Underground or some similar public rapid transit system. Primarily heard in UK. I'm living right next to Bayswater station, so thankfully I can just tube it to work each morning. A: "Do you want to split a taxi?" B: "Nah, let's just tube it." 2. slang To fail some test or examination. Primarily heard in US. A: "How'd the test go?" B: "Not good. I'm pretty sure I tubed it." See also: tube tube steak 1. slang A sausage, especially a frankfurter. Nothing says summertime like being out in the sunshine grilling up burgers and tube steaks! 2. vulgar slang A penis. I came in the room and he was standing there with his tube steak just hanging right out in the open! See also: steak, tube tubed slang Surfing through the cylindrical passage of a wave formed by its crest tipping forward in an arc. The waves were supreme that day. We were all getting tubed on nearly every ride. Wow, I can't believe he got tubed on just his second ever time surfing! See also: tube Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. down the drain On the way to being lost or wasted; disappearing. For example, Buying new furniture when they can't take it with them is just pouring money down the drain , or During the Depression huge fortunes went down the drain. This metaphoric term alludes to water going down a drain and being carried off. [Colloquial; c. 1920] For a synonym, see down the tubes. See also: down, drain down the tubes Also, down the tube. Into a state of failure or ruin, as in If he failed the test, his chances went down the tubes. ] Colloquial; 1960s] Also see down the drain. See also: down, tube The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. down the drain BRITISH, AMERICAN or down the tubes BRITISH, AMERICAN or down the pan BRITISH COMMON If something is going down the drain, down the tubes or down the pan, it is getting worse or being destroyed and it is unlikely to recover. They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain. People don't like to see marriages going down the tubes. Note: Words such as plughole and toilet are sometimes used instead of drain. Neil admitted recently that long working hours mean his personal life has gone down the toilet. 1. If money, work, or time has gone down the drain, down the tubes or down the pan, it has been lost or wasted. Over the years, the government has poured billions of dollars down the drain propping up its national airlines and other firms. You have ruined everything — my perfect plans, my great organization. All those years of work are down the drain. Note: Words such as plughole and toilet are sometimes used instead of drain. Millions of dollars have gone down the plughole. See also: down, drain Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. down the tube (or tubes) lost or wasted. informal 2001 High Country News I've already lost my alfalfa crop; that's about $20,000 down the tubes. See also: down, tube down the drain totally wasted or spoilt. informal 1930 W. Somerset Maugham The Breadwinner All his savings are gone down the drain. See also: down, drain Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary (go) down the ˈdrain (British English also (go) down the ˈplughole) (informal) (be) wasted or lost; (get) much worse: He watched his business, which had taken so long to build up, go slowly down the drain. See also: down, drain 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 bake the tube steak tv. to copulate. Bobby was set to bake the tube steak last night, but he failed to preheat the oven. See also: bake, steak, tube boob-tube (ˈbubˈtub) n. a television set. (Something for a boob to watch.) You spend too much time in front of the boob-tube. cop a tube tv. to catch a perfect tubular wave. (Surfers.) Mark—as drunk as all get out—said he was gonna go out and cop a tube. See also: cop, tube crack a tube tv. to open a can of beer. (see also tube.) Why don’t you drop over this evening, and we’ll crack a few tubes? See also: crack, tube down the drain mod. gone; wasted. A lot of money went down the drain in that Wilson deal. See also: down, drain 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 go down the tube verb See go down the tubes See also: down, go, tube in the tube 1. mod. in the “tube” or arch of a large wave. (Surfing.) On a day like today, I want to be out there in the tube. 2. mod. at risk. He’s in the tube now, but things should straighten out soon. See also: tube tube 1. n. a can of beer. (see also crack a tube.) Toss me a tube, will ya? 2. n. the inner curve of a tall wave. (see also tubular.) I’m waiting for the best tube. 3. in. to fail; to go down the tube(s). (see also tube it.) The whole plan tubed at the last minute. 4. n. a television set. The tube is in the shop, so I read a book. 5. n. a cigarette. There’s a pack of tubes in my jacket. tube it tv. to fail a test. (see also tube.) I was afraid I’d tube it, so I studied my head off. See also: tube tube steak 1. n. a frankfurter or a wiener. (see also pimp steak.) I could live on tube steak. Nothing is better! 2. and tube steak of love n. the penis. She laughed so hard when he said “tube steak of love,” that he lost interest, so to speak. His tube steak was reminding him that it was time to get up. See also: steak, tube tube steak of love verb See tube steak See also: love, of, steak, tube tubed mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also tube.) They were both tubed and giggling. See also: tube McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions down the drain To or into the condition of being wasted or lost: All of our best laid plans are down the drain. See also: down, drain American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. down the drain Wasted resources. The term, alluding to water flowing down a drain, was transferred to expending effort or funds on a useless enterprise. “Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain,” wrote Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (1890–1971) in Too Much. To go down the drain means to become worthless. It was so used by W. Somerset Maugham (The Breadwinner, 1930): “All his savings are gone down the drain.” See also: down, drain The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer 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 tube steak A humorous (and sometimes pretentious) name for a plain ol' hot dog. See also: steak, tube Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: crack a tube in the tube cop a tube bazoongies bezongas balloons bake the tube steak References in periodicals archive Prabhu, "Intercostal drainage tube or intracardiac drainage tube?" Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, vol. Unusual Malposition of a Chest Tube, Intrathoracic but Extrapleural * If clotted, the tube is recapped and is rejected, and the nurse is contacted to re-collect. Benefits of an instrument-compatible capillary blood collection microtube Essel Propack, Danville, VA, invested in new tooling to manufacture a 60mm laminate tube for Unilever's AXE brand body wash that was launched in February. Trending in tubes: from barrier protection to enhanced deco, tubes remain a top packaging pick for cosmetic and personal care products Zekelman Industries and its Atlas Tube operating division said American Tube will continue to operate under their brand and identity and will become part of the Atlas Tube division. Zekelman Acquires Alabama Steel Tube Maker Tubing that has been damaged can cause the tube and to be out of round, which may mean it cannot be located and assembled correctly. Tube preparation Results: Tube thoracostomies were performed in a vast variety of procedures. IS CHEST TUBE CLAMPING NECESSARY BEFORE REMOVAL? AN EXPERIENCE WITH 2661 CASES OF TUBE THORACOSTOMIES As part of their multifaceted expansion, Steel Tube Inc. Statesville North Carolina Steel Tubing Manufacturer, Steel Tube Inc. Completes Proposed Expansion Gas tube alignment is fairly straightforward in rack grade AR-15s. Gas tube alignment: Proper gas tube alignment in the AR-15 leads to improved accuracy with fewer fliers. Here's how to improve it Nineteen eyes of 17 patients who underwent conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy (CDCR) or conjunctivorhinostomy (CR) surgery with a tear drainage tube placement between October 2010 and February 2014 were included in this retrospective comparative study. Comparison of medpor coated tear drainage tube versus silicon tear drainage tube in conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy: problems and solutions Starting from the extruder, medical tube production typically follows a six- or seven- step process that encompasses several different types of equipment, including the vacuum cooling tank, several gauging and measurement devices, a puller and a cutter, as in Fig. How to Improve Production of Catheters and Stents: Advances in downstream extrusion equipment have boosted production control The 2016 US clinical guidelines of nutrition support for critical care patients [1] and the SEPSIS guidelines [2] argued that nasojejunal feeding should be placed below the pylorus for patients who were at high risk of improper aspiration and who were intolerant of oral or gastric feeding.[3],[4] There are multiple methods to introduce a jejunal feeding tube, including blind bedside placement,[5] fluoroscopic insertion,[6] percutaneous endoscopic insertion,[7] and electromagnetic imaging-assisted insertion.[8] Of these approaches, fluoroscopic insertion and percutaneous endoscopic insertion are not suitable for patients of intensive medicine. Placement of a Jejunal Feeding Tube via an Ultrasound-Guided Antral Progressive Water Injection Method Cut fabric strips on the lengthwise, crosswise or bias grain to accommodate different tube widths and stretch amounts. TUBE TURNING: A variety of projects, such as narrow dress straps and wide purse handles, require fabric tubes for both functionality and embellishment. Learn eight stress-free tube turning techniques using common sewing room supplies and specialty tools. From here you can make adjustments if you like by cutting down or adding a longer tube where needed. Yak rack stacks up: build a space-saving storage rack for your kayaks Heat carrier can flow through the tubes and heat or cool the coolant inside the tube or vice versa. Heat transfer between the non-standard tube bundle and statically stable foam flow/Silumos mainai tarp nestandartinio vamzdziu pluosto ir statiskai stabiliu putu srauto Fact.MR has announced the addition of the "Steel Tubes Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking - Global Review 2018 to 2027"report to their offering. Steel Tubes Market Pegged for Robust Expansion During 2018 to 2027
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