If we miss this deadline, the whole project will go down the pan.
go down the pan
idiomSynonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.
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.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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best thing since sliced pan
Alternative form of greatest thing since sliced bread.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)