英语词汇“down the rathole”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. North American. A seemingly bottomless pit. Chiefly figurative (esp. in down the rathole and variants): an uncontrolled drain on money or resources.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > something demanding excessive expenditure

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1863 Wisconsin Chief 1 Aug. 12/1 We have men who will gulp more whisky than a rat-hole.

1889 Manufacturer & Builder Nov. 255/3 Few people..seem to realize the amount of money that can be wasted in a year, through the steam pipe. The proverbial ‘rat hole’ will not compare with it.

1910 W. H. Taft in Bankers Mag. Jan. 74/2 We have to be certain..that we are not going to pour money down a rathole, when we put millions into the improvements that are contemplated.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Dec. 7/1 The committee will examine..Minaki Lodge, the rathole in northwestern Ontario down which increasing quantities of public money seem to be disappearing.

2002 Washington Post (Home ed.) 20 Jan. a1/1 When Enron filed for bankruptcy last month, all but $2,300 of the Stevenses' retirement money vanished. ‘Right down the rat hole.’

单词	down the rathole
释义	> as lemmas down the rathole c. North American. A seemingly bottomless pit. Chiefly figurative (esp. in down the rathole and variants): an uncontrolled drain on money or resources. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > something demanding excessive expenditure lickpenny14.. white elephant1555 white elephant1721 rathole1863 1863 Wisconsin Chief 1 Aug. 12/1 We have men who will gulp more whisky than a rat-hole. 1889 Manufacturer & Builder Nov. 255/3 Few people..seem to realize the amount of money that can be wasted in a year, through the steam pipe. The proverbial ‘rat hole’ will not compare with it. 1910 W. H. Taft in Bankers Mag. Jan. 74/2 We have to be certain..that we are not going to pour money down a rathole, when we put millions into the improvements that are contemplated. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Dec. 7/1 The committee will examine..Minaki Lodge, the rathole in northwestern Ontario down which increasing quantities of public money seem to be disappearing. 2002 Washington Post (Home ed.) 20 Jan. a1/1 When Enron filed for bankruptcy last month, all but $2,300 of the Stevenses' retirement money vanished. ‘Right down the rat hole.’ extracted from ratholen. < as lemmas
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