Meanings
prepositional phrase
- AustraliaNew ZealandinformalSynonym of down the drain.
“Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.
2025 May 26, Eva Corlett, quoting Shane Jones, “New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: down the drain
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSynonym of down the drain.
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down the gurgler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20the%20gurgler
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“down the gurgler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20the%20gurgler. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “down the gurgler,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20the%20gurgler.
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