• to sink money in an unfortunate undertaking
• to sink money in an unfortunate undertaking
• ill, miserably, woefully, wretchedly
• accident, adversity, affliction, amiss, blow, calamity, disaster, grief, ills, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, smash
• the black ox has trod on his foot
• borne down by misfortune
• air crash, crackup, plane crash