Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for down the tubes

down the tubes



Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

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 .
Discover More

Example Sentences

“Most critics are stupid. They really are. Theater criticism has gone right down the tubes,” Cox said.

From Salon

"From that point on I have always had a soft spot for them, but I started focusing on them more and more as Scottish football started to go down the tubes a little bit."

From BBC

The 50-year-old had been picked to do the latest Bushtucker trial, titled Down The Tubes, with fellow campmate Josie Gibson.

From BBC

But with the Court’s legitimacy in question - and its popularity down the tubes - who should hold the Justices accountable?

From Slate

A sample of the reactions included “CNN has really gone down the tubes lately,” “the pundit couldn’t even correct the misgendering of Dylan. This makes me sad.”

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement