表達(dá) “money down the drain” 的字面意思是 “錢流進(jìn)下水道”,實(shí)際意思是 “花在某件事情上的錢被白白浪費(fèi),白花錢”。如果想表示 “把錢打水漂”,則可以說 “throw money down the drain”。
Trying to heat our house is money down the drain – the heat just escapes through the windows!
我們?cè)O(shè)法為房子供暖,但就是白花錢,因?yàn)闊釟舛紡拇皯艨p里漏出去了!
Buying this second-hand bike was money down the drain – I had to spend so much on getting it repaired!
買這輛二手自行車真是白花錢了,因?yàn)槲矣只撕芏噱X去修理它!
Building a new car park in the town is money down the drain – there are three other car parks already.
在鎮(zhèn)上建一個(gè)新的停車場(chǎng)就是在浪費(fèi)錢,因?yàn)橐呀?jīng)有三個(gè)停車場(chǎng)了。