Went down the pan? What pan?

掉到平底锅里了？什么平底锅？

It is. After all that hard work, everything just went down the pan.

没错。他完成了所有辛苦的准备工作，可是现在一切都泡汤了。

We've got this lemon and black pepper salmon, which I'm gonna put into the pan, skin side down and dry.

这是柠檬和黑胡椒三文鱼，我要把它放进锅里，带皮的一面朝下，煎干。

The business is rapidly going down the pan.

【pan】生意每况愈下。

He was ready to move into his new home, but everything went down the pan when the fire destroyed the house last night.

他马上要搬进新家，可是昨晚的一场火毁了他的房子，一切都完了。

I get it. If things are going completely wrong and a lot of effort is wasted we can use the phrase 'down the pan'.

我明白了。如果事情彻底出错，之前所做的努力就都白费了，这时我们就可以使用这个短语。

I'm afraid all that careful preparation we did for Jemma's surprise birthday party went down the pan when her brother told her about it.

我担心如果杰玛的哥哥告诉她有关惊喜生日派对的事，那我们为她的派对进行的一切精心准备都泡汤了。

If you grab it straight from the fridge and throw a cold steak in a hot pan, it'll bring down the pan's temperature and you won't get that great crust.

如果从冰箱里拿出来以后直接把冷牛排放到热锅里，会降低锅的温度，就得不到美味的外皮了。