English · Idiom Attested

go down the pan

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Become lost or deterioriate.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

bị mất hoặc suy giảm

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

The Mimosa is going down the pan faster than Dynorod could.

Oh yes, they are still going down the pan, to the tune of £1 billion a year in the UK, according to the Management Consultancies Association.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “go down the pan” mean?

Become lost or deterioriate.

Is “go down the pan” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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