DOWN THE TUBES

Meaning of DOWN THE TUBES in English

lost or gone, ruined, up the creek

You have to advertise, or your business will go down the tubes.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

DOWN THE TUBES — phrasal see: down the tube
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOWN THE TUBES — noun see tube III
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN THE TUBES — (Slang) in trouble (as in "She is down the tubes for missing her French test")
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DOWN THE TUBES — see down the tube
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN THE TUBES — lost or gone, ruined, up the creek You have to advertise, or your business will go down the tubes.
English Idioms vocab
DOWN THE TUBES — потерянный, замученный проблемами
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOWN THE TUBES — потерянный, замученный проблемами
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOWN THE TUBES — потерянный, замученный проблемами
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUBES — plural of tube present third singular of tube
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
TUBES — informal a woman's Fallopian ~. → tube
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
TUBES — Трубы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUBES — Трубы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TUBES — Метрополитен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOWN
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN — I сущ. 1) а) пух, пушок Syn: fluff , fuzz б) перья Syn: plumage 2) бот. пушок, хохолок ( на …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOWN — I сущ. 1) а) пух, пушок Syn: fluff, fuzz б) перья Syn: plumage 2) бот. пушок, хохолок (на растениях) Syn: pubescence, pappus 3) ворс, начес II сущ.; обыкн. мн. 1) а) возвышение, холм, безлесная …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOWN — _I _n. пух, пушок _II _n. обыкн. _pl. холм, безлесная возвышенность; the Downs - гряда меловых холмов в Южной Англии …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOWN — I n. пух, пушок II n. обыкн. pl. холм, безлесная возвышенность; the Downs - гряда меловых холмов в Южной Англии …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOWN
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
DOWN — _I daun _n. пух, пушок _II daun _n. (_обыкн. _pl.) холм, безлесная возвышенность; the Downs гряда меловых холмов в Южной …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DOWN
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DOWN
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DOWN
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TUBES — Трубы
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EAR TUBES — Formally known as tympanostomy tubes, ear tubes are small plastic tubes inserted into the eardrum (the tympanum) to keep the …
English Dictionary of Medicine
TUBULAR — ˈt(y)übyələ(r) adjective Etymology: Latin tubus tube + English -ular — more at tube 1. a. : having the form of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUBING — noun the act of making tubes. 2. tubing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of tube. 3. tubing ·noun a series of tubes; …
Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
RENAL COLLECTING TUBULE — also called Duct Of Bellini, any of the long narrow tubes in the kidney that concentrate and transport urine from …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHLOEM — also called bast tissues in plants that conduct foods made in the leaves to all other parts of the plant. …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHARYNX — (Greek: "throat"), a cone-shaped passageway leading from the oral and nasal cavities in the head to the esophagus and larynx. …
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HEAT EXCHANGER — any of several devices that transfer heat from a hot to a cold fluid. In many engineering applications it is …
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ELECTRONICS — branch of physics that deals with the emission, behaviour, and effects of electrons (as in electron tubes and transistors) and …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Britannica English vocabulary
ELECTRON TUBE — also called vacuum tube, or valve, device used in electronic circuitry to control a flow of electrons. Such devices include …
Britannica English vocabulary
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ANGIOSPERM
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RUBIN'S TEST — diagnostic method for determining whether the fallopian tubes in the human female are occluded. (The fallopian tubes are slender hollow …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUBE — I. tube 1 S3 W3 /tjuːb $ tuːb/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TUBE — ( tubes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A tube is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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