down the tubes

Idioms  

1. Also, down the tube. Into a state of failure or ruin, as in If he failed the test, his chances went down the tubes. ] Colloquial; 1960s] Also see down the drain.

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Example Sentences

“Most critics are stupid. They really are. Theater criticism has gone right down the tubes,” Cox said.

From Salon

"From that point on I have always had a soft spot for them, but I started focusing on them more and more as Scottish football started to go down the tubes a little bit."

From BBC

The 50-year-old had been picked to do the latest Bushtucker trial, titled Down The Tubes, with fellow campmate Josie Gibson.

From BBC

“Newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I’m not there, because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes,” Mr. Trump told The New York Times in 2017, musing on why he believed the news media would support his re-election efforts.

From New York Times

And this is when New York was having all this financial trouble, and it was gonna go down the tubes.

From Los Angeles Times