circling the drain

circling the drain
Circling the drain
If someone is circling the drain, they are very near death and have little time to live. The phrase can also describe a project or plan or campaign that that is on the brink of failure.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • Circling\ the\ drain — Preparing to die. That guy on life support is circling the drain …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Circling\ the\ drain — Preparing to die. That guy on life support is circling the drain …   Dictionary of american slang

  • circling the drain — adj. expected to die shortly. He s circling the drain and won t last much longer …   English slang

  • circle the drain — If someone is circling the drain, they are spiraling downward to a usually inevitable death …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • circle (the drain) — tv. & in. to be in the final process of dying; to be in extremis. (Jocular but crude hospital jargon.) □ Get Mrs. Smith’s son on the phone. She’s circling the drain …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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