down the pan
The phrase "down the pan" is an idiomatic expression that means something has been wasted, lost, failed, or gone badly. It suggests that a situation, plan, or effort has taken a negative turn and is now unsuccessful or ruined. The origin of this phrase is unclear, but it likely comes from the idea of a valuable item being thrown into a toilet bowl and flushed away, never to be recovered.
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