Sentence examples of "drain" in English

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No, you may not put the colander on your head; you can be an astronaut after I drain the pasta. Nein, du darfst das Küchensieb nicht aufsetzen; du kannst ein Astronaut sein, nachdem ich die Nudeln abgegossen habe.
That is money down the drain. Das ist rausgeschmissenes Geld.
This country suffers from brain drain. Dieses Land leidet unter der Abwanderung gebildeter Spitzenkräfte.
He poured the money down the drain Er warf das Geld zum Fenster hinaus
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