go down the tubes
US /ɡoʊ daʊn ðə tuːbz/
UK /ɡoʊ daʊn ðə tuːbz/
1.
徹底失敗, 完蛋, 破產
to fail completely or be ruined
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The company started to go down the tubes after the scandal.
醜聞之後，公司開始徹底失敗。
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If we don't fix this problem, our whole plan will go down the tubes.
如果我們不解決這個問題，我們的整個計劃就會徹底失敗。