Idiom
go down the pan
Meaning
Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If we miss this deadline, the whole project will go down the pan.”
“After the main investor pulled out unexpectedly, the entire business venture started to go down the pan.”
“Despite their initial optimism, the company’s reputation began to go down the pan once the scandal became public knowledge.”
Examples
simple
“If we miss this deadline, the whole project will go down the pan.”
contextual
“After the main investor pulled out unexpectedly, the entire business venture started to go down the pan.”
complex
“Despite their initial optimism, the company’s reputation began to go down the pan once the scandal became public knowledge.”
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