circling the drain
Medical slang for a patient near death who refuses to give up the ghost. In office speak, this expression is generally used to describe projects that have no more life in them but refuse to die. For example, "That disk conversion project has been circling the drain for years."
See also : the farmer died
NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon
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