付之东流

繁体付之東流

  1. to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably

“all one's efforts wasted; thrown into the eastward flowing stream”

扔在东流的水里冲走。比喻希望落空,成果丧失,前功尽弃,好象随着流水冲走了一样。

出处 唐·高适《封丘作》诗:“生事应须南亩田,世事尽付东流水。”

示例 缉捕使臣等听得这话,传在耳朵里,也只好笑笑,谁敢向他家道个“不”字?这件事只索~了。(明·凌濛初《二刻拍案惊奇》卷二十)