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• down the tube — down the tube/tubes 1. if something goes down the tubes, it fails or disappears. Our holiday plans went down the tube because of the train strike. 2. if someone goes down the tubes, they fail. He s in danger of going down the tubes if he doesn t… …   New idioms dictionary

• down the tubes — down the tube/tubes 1. if something goes down the tubes, it fails or disappears. Our holiday plans went down the tube because of the train strike. 2. if someone goes down the tubes, they fail. He s in danger of going down the tubes if he doesn t… …   New idioms dictionary

• go down the tube(s) — AND go down the chute in. to fail totally; to be ruined. □ The whole project is likely to go down the tubes. □ All my plans just went down the chute …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Down the wind — Wind Wind (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• go down the drain — {v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• go down the drain — {v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn t pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• go down the wrong way — if food or drink goes down the wrong way, it goes down the wrong tube in your throat and makes you cough or stop breathing for a short time. I m all right, it s just a piece of chicken that went down the wrong way …   New idioms dictionary

• go down the wrong way — verb To go down the wrong tube in ones throat and make one cough or choke. Gosh! That chicken went down the wrong way, and I couldnt breath for a couple of seconds! …   Wiktionary

• tube — I n A place from which there is no return. All her efforts to get into a good college went down the tube(s). 1960s II n Television, TV. I spent all day watching the tube yesterday. 1950s III n The telephone. I ll give you a ring on the tube when… …   Historical dictionary of American slang

• tube — [[t]tju͟ːb, AM tu͟ːb[/t]] ♦♦♦ tubes 1) N COUNT A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe. He is fed by a tube that enters his nose. ...a cardboard tube. 2) N COUNT: oft N of n A tube of something such as paste is a long,… …   English dictionary

• Tube Alloys — was the code name for the British nuclear weapon directorate during World War II, when the very possibility of nuclear weapons was kept at such a high level of secrecy that it had to be referred to by code even in the highest circles of… …   Wikipedia