POUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN

Meaning of POUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN in English

v. phr. To spend one's money unwisely; to waste one's funds. "Stop supporting Harry's drug habit," Ralph said. "You're just pouring money down the drain.".

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POUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN — {v. phr.} To spend one's money unwisely; to waste one's funds. * /"Stop supporting Harry's drug habit," Ralph said. "You're …
Slang English vocab
POUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN — {v. phr.} To spend one's money unwisely; to waste one's funds. * /"Stop supporting Harry's drug habit," Ralph said. "You're …
Словарь английских идиом
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONEY — I Commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which cost , …
Английский словарь Британика
POUR — I. ˈpō(ə)r, ˈpȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) sometimes ˈpu̇(ə)r or -u̇ə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English pouren transitive verb 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONEY — I. ˈmənē, -ni noun ( plural moneys or monies ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English moneye, from Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAIN — I. ˈdrān verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English draynen, from Old English drēahnian, drēhnian; perhaps akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
POUR — (v. t.) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out …
Английский словарь Webster
POUR — ( v. t. ) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — — pourable , adj. — pourability , n. — pourer , n. — pouringly , adv. /pawr, pohr/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONEY — — moneyless , adj. /mun"ee/ , n. , pl. moneys, monies , adj. n. 1. any circulating medium of exchange, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAIN — — drainable , adj. — drainer , n. /drayn/ , v.t. 1. to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged 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
POUR — I. ˈpȯr verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to cause to flow in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONEY — I. ˈmə-nē noun ( plural moneys or mon·ies ˈmə-nēz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English moneye, from Anglo-French moneie, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRAIN — I. ˈdrān verb Etymology: Middle English draynen, from Old English drēahnian — more at dry Date: before 12th century transitive …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
POUR — adj poor. 2. pour ·vi to pore. 3. pour ·noun a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. 4. …
Webster English vocab
DRAIN — vt to filter. 2. drain ·noun the grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. 3. drain ·vi to flow …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
POUR — [pour] vb [ME] vt (14c) 1 a: to cause to flow in a stream b: to dispense from a container …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONEY — [mon.ey] n, pl moneys or mon.ies often attrib [ME moneye, fr. MF moneie, fr. L moneta mint, money--more at mint] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRAIN — [drain] vb [ME draynen, fr. OE dreahnian--more at dry] vt (bef. 12c) 1 obs: filter 2. a: to draw off …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONEY — a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and …
Britannica English vocabulary
POUR — / pɔː(r); NAmE / verb 1. [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to make a liquid or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONEY — / ˈmʌni; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] what you earn by working or selling things, and use to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAIN — / dreɪn; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to make sth empty or dry by removing all the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — pour S2 W3 /pɔː $ pɔːr/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from French dialect purer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONEY — mon ‧ ey S1 W1 /ˈmʌni/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: moneie …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRAIN — I. drain 1 /dreɪn/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: dreahnian ] 1 . LIQUID a) [transitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONEY — n. 1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONEY — n. 1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONEY — n.1 a a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes. b a particular form of this …
Oxford English vocab
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
POUR — ( pours, pouring, poured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONEY — ( monies, or moneys) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Money is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRAIN — ( drains, draining, drained) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES it is pouring with rain British English , it is pouring rain American English (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRAIN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES brain drain drain board drain/empty a cup (= drink all the coffee, tea etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POUR — (CAUSE TO FLOW) [verb] - to make (a substance) flow from a container, esp. into another container, by raising just …
Cambridge English vocab
MONEY — [noun] [U] - the coins or notes which are used to buy things, or the amount of these that one …
Cambridge English vocab
DRAIN — [noun] [C]A drain is any of various devices, such as a pipe, which is used to carry away waste matter …
Cambridge English vocab
POUR — Synonyms and related words : Niagara, abound, accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, beat, bestow, bestow on, blow out, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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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
POUR — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ quickly ▪ gradually , slowly ▪ out ▪ Helen ~ed out two stiff drinks. PREPOSITION …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POUR — INDEX: 1. to make liquid or a substance come out of a container RELATED WORDS when a liquid or a …
Longman Activator English vocab
MONEY — See ↑ MONEY 1,2,3,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a lot of money • ↑ be in the money • ↑ big …
Longman Activator English vocab
MONEY
Longman Activator 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
DRAIN — n. 1 ditch, channel, trench, culvert, conduit, pipe, gutter, outlet, watercourse, sewer, cloaca The storm drains have overflowed 2 depletion, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MONEY — {v. phr.} To solicit donations for a charity or a specific project. * /Our church is trying to raise the …
Словарь английских идиом
MONEY — â Uncointed money.-It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a practice …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
POUR — 1. гл. 1) лить(ся) Syn : flow 2) а) наливать, разливать (into) б) выливать Pour the rest of the soup …
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