- вылетать в трубу
- • ВЫЛЕТАТЬ/ВЫЛЕТЕТЬ В ТРУБУ coll[VP; usu. pfv]=====1. [subj: human or a noun denoting an enterprise]⇒ to become insolvent, financially ruined:- X вылетел в трубу{{}}≈ X went bankrupt <broke, bust, belly up>;- [of a person only] X got wiped out.2. [subj: a noun denoting a sum of money, a fortune etc]⇒ to be wasted, spent in vain:- X вылетел в трубу{{}}≈ X was squandered (burned, blown);- X went (was poured) down the drain;- X was frittered (thrown) away.3. [subj: abstr]⇒ to be lost in vain, to no purpose:- X вылетел в трубу s: X went down the tubes (the drain);- X went to the dogs;- X went (flew) out the window;- [usu. of time] X was wasted (frittered away, squandered).♦ А если меня никто не поддержит? Тогда меня прихлопнут, как муху. Всё моё геройство вылетит в трубу, и никакого толку... (Аксёнов 6). But suppose no one backed me up? In that case, I would be swatted like a fly All my heroism would go down the tubes, and to no purpose... (6a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.