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flushed down the tubes
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!”
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Laxmi | | - | Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali |
| Esthiru | | - | Old Church Slavic |
| Athersmith | | ['æθəsmiθ] | |
| Dmitri | | DMEE-tree | Russian |
| Gerlinde | | ger-LIN-də (German), kher-LIN-də (Dutch) | German, Dutch |
| Isaac | | IE-zək (English) | English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin |