Listen for the phrase " down the tubes" .

请听短语 down the tubes。

Sometimes he wrote phrases down, or composed at a keyboard so they were stored.

有时，他会把乐谱写下来，或者在键盘上作曲，这样就可以把曲子记录下来。

We mentioned the phrase down in the dumps, which is an informal way of describing the feeling of unhappiness, sometimes with no hope.

我们提到了短语情绪低落，这是一种描述不开心，有时候是没有希望的感觉的非正式的说法。

You can write the words and phrases down on a piece of paper if you're somewhere where that works as well.

如果你在某个地方也可以，你可以把单词和短语写在一张纸上。

We mentioned the phrase down in the dumps – which is an informal way of describing the feeling of unhappiness, sometimes with no hope.

我们提到了" 垂头丧气" 这个短语，这是形容不开心，有时没有希望的一种非正式的表达。

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。

The phrase " down with (someone)" is used to mean we want to get rid of this person;we want to do away with them, we might say; we want that person to be gone.

“down with (someone)” 这个短语用来表示我们想要摆脱这个人； 我们可能会说我们想要摆脱他们；我们希望那个人离开。