英語短語：Money down the drain 白花錢

表達 “money down the drain” 的字面意思是 “錢流進下水道”，實際意思是 “花在某件事情上的錢被白白浪費，白花錢”。如果想表示 “把錢打水漂”，則可以說 “throw money down the drain”。
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例句
Trying to heat our house is money down the drain – the heat just escapes through the windows!
我們設法為房子供暖，但就是白花錢，因為熱氣都從窗戶縫里漏出去了！

Buying this second-hand bike was money down the drain – I had to spend so much on getting it repaired!
買這輛二手自行車真是白花錢了，因為我又花了很多錢去修理它！

Building a new car park in the town is money down the drain – there are three other car parks already.
在鎮(zhèn)上建一個新的停車場就是在浪費錢，因為已經(jīng)有三個停車場了。