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Faunamorphs & Floramorphs

A Lexicon Drawn from the Natural World

To pour money down a rat hole

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To pour money down a rat hole

Definition

To waste money on something futile.

Language

English

Type

Faunamorph

Subcategory

Rodents

Grammatical Subcategory

Nouns: Things/Terms/Labels

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