gutter
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈɡʌtər/
- Informal
:
ruina
- You will end up in the gutter with all the scum that you know!
Unless you like, disgusting, we're just going to sit in your gutter for like months on end.
- Unless you like, disgusting, we're just going to sit in your gutter for like months on end.
- He said all of us are in the gutters, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Examples
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And you ended up right in the gutter where you belong.
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In life, just like that ball, sometimes we feel we're in the gutter, but there's something to learn from that.
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I am from the gutter too.
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I was brought up In the gutter.
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You were nothing more than a street bum when I pulled you out of the gutter.
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You'll end up in the gutter like your grandfather with nothing to show for it.
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He said all of us are in the gutters, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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He worked hard for many years, but all his effort ended up in the gutter after the business failed.
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After losing her job and facing numerous challenges, she felt like she had fallen into the gutter of despair.
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Despite his early successes, his reckless decisions led him straight to the gutter of life, where he lost everything.
Synonyms
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8.8
A bad state where money or reputation is ruined
44
4.3
A project or event that does not succeed
14
4.7
Something that fails to work or please people
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8.2
Something that fails completely
A project, event, or thing that fails very badly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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8.1
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
How Ruined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gutter as a bad or ruined state comes from the idea of the gutter as a low, dirty place where rubbish and water collect. So being 'in the gutter' means being in a low or ruined condition.