plughole in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for plughole in the English»French Dictionary

plughole [Brit ˈplʌɡhəʊl, Am ˈpləɡhoʊl] N Brit

plughole

bonde f

to go down the plughole lit water:

s'écouler par la bonde

to go down the plughole ring:

tomber dans le trou de l'évier

to go down the plughole fig, inf

s'en aller à vau-l'eau

Translations for plughole in the French»English Dictionary

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bonde (de lavabo)

plughole

plughole in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for plughole in the English»French Dictionary

plughole [ˈplʌghəʊl, Am -hoʊl] N

plughole

trou m d'écoulement

Translations for plughole in the French»English Dictionary

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bonde de l'évier, de la baignoire

plughole

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As the air converges on the pole and then sinks, it creates a vortex much like that found above the plughole of a bath.

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Once used, these tiny pieces of plastic are washed down the shower or basin plughole and into our wastewater pipes.

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It might go down the plughole pretty quickly.

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That stuff really is sliding off my face, down the plughole and out into the world.

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It's almost like water going down a plughole.

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Luckily it was just above the shower and the rainwater was draining away down the plughole.

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Of course, the water spins around the plughole first.

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He was accustomed to making clients billions, yet here he was watching hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of yuan options sink down the plughole.

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It is hard to watch something in which you have invested considerable time and resources that going down the plughole.

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Householders who pour fat down the plughole might as well be pouring money down the drain.

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