to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to trample; to crush underfoot
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
waste of time; killing time
to smash violently; to crush
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
timewasting; killing time
to waste time; to kill time
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
to be flabbergasted; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be stunned
to lose face; to be disgraced
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing
to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)
blotting out; fill (in graphics)
to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
to drink away one's money; to be a sot; to get wasted; to drink someone under the table
popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique)
publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)
flat nose; flat-nose person
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind
slightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste
to lose face; to be put out of countenance
union-busting; union-bashing
crushed umeboshi; crushed pickled plum