| 词组 | up the spout |
| 释义 | Idiom up the spout British & Australian, informal wasted or spoiled.Pete lost his job so that meant our holiday plans went up the spout.And they refused to give me a refund so that was two hundred pounds up the spout. up the spoutslang Pregnant. You two have only been married for a couple of months, I can't believe you're up the spout already! I was pretty wild during my university years, which is how I found myself up the spout at 22. up the spoutBRITISH, INFORMAL1. If something is up the spout, it is completely ruined. The money's disappeared, so has he, and the whole scheme's up the spout. The economy's up the spout. 2. If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant. Her daughter is up the spout again. Note: This is usually used when the pregnancy is a problem rather than a good thing. Note: Originally, this expression was used to refer to items which had been pawned (= given to someone in return for a loan of money). The `spout' was the lift in which an item was taken from the pawnbroker's shop to the storeroom above. up the spout1 no longer working or likely to be useful or successful. 2 (of a woman) pregnant. British informalup the spoutChiefly British Slang1. Pawned. 2. In difficulty. 3. Pregnant. |
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