[英文成語] WENT DOWN THE DRAIN. - 努力付諸流水的經歷
Went down the drain.
/wɛnt daʊn ðə dreɪn/
白費
大家有冇試過做咗好多努力，但最終發覺全部都白白浪費咗？呢種情況就可以用「Went down the drain」來形容。想像一下，你努力積蓄嘅水（代表金錢、時間或者精力），突然之間就好似流入去水渠一樣，消失無蹤。呢個成語通常用嚟表達努力或資源被無謂咁浪費或失去。可以係投資失敗，可能係花咗好多時間同心機去籌備一個計畫，但最後因為一啲突發因素，令到全部努力都化為烏有。用喺日常生活中，描寫一啲令人失望嘅失敗經歷，提醒大家計畫同努力之間嘅風險性，以及面對失敗時，點樣調整心態同找尋新嘅出路。
例句
All his efforts went down the drain.
佢所有嘅努力都白費咗。
The project went down the drain after the funding was cut.
喺資金被削減後，專案就失敗咗。
Thousands of dollars in repairs went down the drain when the car was totaled.
幾千蚊嘅維修費，用咗之後車就報廢咗。