Circling\ the\ drain

Circling\ the\ drain
Preparing to die.

That guy on life support is circling the drain.


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  • circling the drain — If someone is circling the drain, they are very near death and have little time to live. The phrase can also describe a project or plan or campaign that that is on the brink of failure …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Circling\ the\ drain — Preparing to die. That guy on life support is circling the drain …   Dictionary of american slang

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  • circle (the drain) — tv. & in. to be in the final process of dying; to be in extremis. (Jocular but crude hospital jargon.) □ Get Mrs. Smith’s son on the phone. She’s circling the drain …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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