Translations for „plughole“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

plughole N

plughole

ralo m

to go down the plughole fig

entrar pelo cano

Usage examples with plughole

to go down the plughole fig

entrar pelo cano

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I think most of the money disappeared down the plughole.

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Of course, the water spins around the plughole first.

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My generation is the first that can grow old with a sense that we're not sliding down the plughole in a big hurry.

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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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Round and round and round... and down the plughole.

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

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They grit their teeth when their partner takes too long to get ready, clogs up the plughole with hair or nags them about chores.

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Does water go down the plughole clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern?

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It might go down the plughole pretty quickly.

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A comforting thought when you next spot one crawling out of the plughole.

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