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The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello.
And welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Helen, and joining me today is Neil.
Hello, everyone.
Helen, you know my friend Jeff, the documentary maker?
Oh, yeah.
Well, he had this great story.
He was about to make a film about the most expensive wedding in the uk.
Really?
So what happened?
Has he finished it?
Well, he was due to film the wedding on Saturday, but then yesterday he got a call from the bride.
Don't tell me the wedding's off.
It is.
After all that hard work, everything just went down the pan.
Went down the pan?
What pan?
It's an expression we use informally to say something disastrous has happened.