The nurse inserted a 'feeding tube'. [=a tube used to deliver food to the stomach of a patient who cannot eat]
They spent all afternoon sitting in front of 'the''tube'. [=('Brit') 'the box']
All my hard work 'went down the tubes'. [='went down the drain']
(..) I thought I'd lost my watch cos I can't remember which wrist it's on. the things that scared me at first, catheters, chest tubes, IVs... Are you? lf you have time to listen to music, then l assume you have time to finish your paperwork. Keep moving. (..)2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My Mentor Season: 1 Episode 2