Sentences with phrase «down the drain in»

My new years diet went down the drain in mid February, so I've packed on a few pounds.

I don't know but there is enough money going down the drain in the EPL to feed Africa.

It's a very strange process to dry up your milk and see it literally pouring down the drain in the shower.

As Whip pours his booze down the drain in one scene and orders another drink in the next, we are pulling for his recovery — and for much of the film it's easy to also root for his acquittal in the National Transportation Safety Board's crash investigation, where Whip is represented by his union steward (Bruce Greenwood) and a sly attorney (Don Cheadle).

In a single burst the idiot pissed away the two hundred and fifty grand Parsley was worth, because that's life, Agustina sweetheart, fortunes go down the drain in a single binge and nobody bats an eye.

... Yet, so many more EV models will flood the market in the coming few years — and wash gasoline cars down the drain in the process.

All that hard work, competition and dedication went down the drain in seconds.

All the hard work you put into drafting and creating a resume can go down the drain in an instant if you fail to proofread it properly.

I couldn't see past that tan paint and all of the sudden this project that I've poured so.much.time into went down the drain in my head.

Not exact matches

And while the brand awareness and networking benefits are real, all that time in front of Facebook and like can leave you a little woozy headed, drained and with a vague sense of being down in the dumps.

Don't fall into the trap of delivering sub-par service, which could result in your company's future going down the drain.

Unrepresented or unconnected first time authors are truly throwing money down the drain by sending manuscripts out in a shotgun effect.

In other words, if you're repeatedly hiring, firing and replacing, you're throwing some serious money down the drain.

«There was no doubt in my mind, if the water goes out of the bathtub, we're going to be the last bank that goes down the drain, and that just wasn't going to happen,» he says.

In a recent survey of U.S. adults who experience symptoms of stress and burnout, 25 percent said they feel run down and drained of physical and emotional energy.

If you have overindulged in one particular sector of the market, then all of your money might go down the drain,» the «Mad Money» host said.

Often entrepreneurs looking to scale a business end up making their ventures too complicated, resulting in a once successful company going down the drain.

In his new bestseller, The Next Decade, Friedman argues that capital shortages, the impending down cycle in U.S. military spending and an aging population that drains public coffers mean the arrival of the next wave of «truly transformative» technologies will be delayeIn his new bestseller, The Next Decade, Friedman argues that capital shortages, the impending down cycle in U.S. military spending and an aging population that drains public coffers mean the arrival of the next wave of «truly transformative» technologies will be delayein U.S. military spending and an aging population that drains public coffers mean the arrival of the next wave of «truly transformative» technologies will be delayed.

Even though you can drop a coin down a drain, there's a feeling of comfort knowing that you can grasp it in your fist.

Only in America can a company's operating numbers go down the drain and yet still be credited with a headline GAAP - manipulated net income «beat.»

In some cases, really high quality still works, but in other cases, it all goes down the draiIn some cases, really high quality still works, but in other cases, it all goes down the draiin other cases, it all goes down the drain.

Watch your timers count down in either a list or watchface view, where fizzy water drains down to empty when you hit zero.

From completely unsubstantiated stories of critical supply hubs in Africa being drained of oil to another article exposing China as an oil hoarder, the trend is unmistakable — inventories are coming down.

Instead of watching that time — and your potential profits — go down the drain, disqualify prospects early on in your sales process when it's clear they aren't a good fit based on need or budget.

The steady selling has driven down the price of physical gold, hobbled the gold - mining industry, and drained the stores of gold held in the vaults of Western financial centers.

Verses fighting to control women's reproductive rights, fighting to keep their pastors out of jails for illicit se x ual conduct, fighting to protect their money... Gays are obviously walking in the Godly path and the religious right is going down the drain with the «ways of men.»

Regulators in North Carolina Jan. 11 ordered BitConnect to stop selling its products, and said the company targeted «persons of limited financial means, and unsophisticated investors» who would suffer particular hardship if their investments went down the drain.

I'd like to have a president who doesn't keep his money in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.I'd like to have a president who knows more people are on food stamps today because tax cuts for the rich did not create jobs and caused this country to go down the drain.

In traditions that believe in the real presence of Christ, the priest or pastor may get tipsy from drinking the consecrated wine that is left over at the end of the service, since the blood of Christ can not just be poured down the draiIn traditions that believe in the real presence of Christ, the priest or pastor may get tipsy from drinking the consecrated wine that is left over at the end of the service, since the blood of Christ can not just be poured down the draiin the real presence of Christ, the priest or pastor may get tipsy from drinking the consecrated wine that is left over at the end of the service, since the blood of Christ can not just be poured down the drain.

I want to know why I see so many religious types saying that our country is going down the drain due to lack of religion in society (classrooms, public buildings, etc)...??

Knowing these things is crucial for critical thinking - I wish that would be taught in the schools, just so that the entire country does not go down the damn drain.

In the West, there is increasing talk of triage... If the U.S. decides that the grant would simply go down the drain as a mere palliative because the recipient country was doing little to improve its food distribution or start a population control program, no help would be sent.

There were people in the towers, but now many of them, too, are absent — gone down the drain, to judge by the spectacle before us.

Rather, it was the first, and most significant step, in slowing down its progress, draining its vigor, and distorting its moral vision.

At least the hardcore atheists understood that if we are truly sincere in our atheism, the whole web of meanings and values that have clustered around the idea of God in Western culture has to go down the drain along with its organizing center.

And what's going on is that the culture around us — including work that is draining, food that's easily available, and television shows made as attractive as some of the best minds in our country can make them — encourages us to plop down in front of the TV and spend two hours there.

(There is a legendary story, now uncheckable, that in the high sixties, the Marxist student elite at Oxford University donated their life's blood to the Viet Cong, but it was all poured down the drain when it reached East Berlin for processing.

I find it extremely silly that many people posting on this automatically connect the following: Lent = Catholics = Pedophelia = Connection with church and God = Stupid blind people who don't see the world around them = God is a lie (in any forms)... which leads to John Lennon's saying «All we need is Love» to be washed down the drain.

After removing some leaves, leave them to drain and cool down in a large colander and continue cooking the rest of the cabbage until you are able to remove all the leaves.

Let it drain in a colander for 5 minutes, press down with the back of a spoon to excrete extra water.

If you keep it when you drain the chickpeas (rather than sending it down the drain) you can use it in a similar manner to egg whites.

Drain and rinse your cashews, then add all ingredients to a high speed blender and blend for 1 minute until super creamy, scraping down the sides a few times in between to push down any chunks.

The meat cooks in the pan with the drain holes, this allows the fat to drip down away from the meat, landing in the pan below.

To help tamp down the peppery - mustardy, bitter taste of broccoli rabe, Criscuolo says, «I blanch it in a small amount of lightly salted boiling water for just a minute, then drain it, reserving the water for a soup.»

In a food processor, blend the pitted and drained dates to form a paste, add in oats and mix again until the flakes break down to a smaller texturIn a food processor, blend the pitted and drained dates to form a paste, add in oats and mix again until the flakes break down to a smaller texturin oats and mix again until the flakes break down to a smaller texture.

Just to play devil's advocate, we had a septic system in our last home where we lived for 7 years and I used coconut oil frequently in the bath and shower (in normal amounts — not dumping it down the drain, obviously).

We call it white queso very simple: 1 package of spicy sausage (Usually Jimmy Dean) 4 packages of cream cheese (softened) 1 - 2 cans of rotel tomatoes (drained) Fully cook sausage while cream cheese is melting down in your crockpot.

Can anyone tell me how to wash quinoa (which is always specified in recipes) without losing half of it down the drain?

Drain them in a colander and rinse under cold running water to cool them down.

Depending on how much water is in your Laban and how thick you want your Labneh the bag needs to drain for 4 hours to overnight (if you're in a rush and you need the labneh faster you can press squeeze the bag and press down often to help remove the excess whey).