go down the drain

Idioms  

1. see down the drain.

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go down the drain

In the nine years we were together, I saw all savings go down the drain, even the savings we had made for our daughter.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2020

Here’s hoping that lovers of plays and the news business will want to follow, too, to see how it all started to go down the drain.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2019

To underscore: A nearby gate leads to an empty swimming pool in an adjacent backyard, the artist’s self-portrait bust lying at the bottom poised to go down the drain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2019

Much to the consternation of the band's label, XL Recordings, one assumes - given all that time and money spent shooting and editing the video for it all to go down the drain.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2018

Then she turned on the faucet and watched the black ashes go down the drain.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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