go down the drain

Idioms  

1. see down the drain.

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go down the drain

Summers: That’s a perfect metaphor that he is letting Twitter go down the drain.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

Once they go down the drain they will remain in the environment for centuries, possibly fragmenting into smaller pieces over time.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2022

Pretty much everything else is fair game to go down the drain, including small bones and fruit pits, which can help scour the grind chamber.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022

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

So Stuart slipped into his old pants and prepared to go down the drain after the ring.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White