go down the drain

Idioms  

1. see down the drain.

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Example Sentences

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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

I don’t want to build a business that’s supposed to care for a person to place it in their care and watch it go down the drain because they can’t care for it back.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2022

Until the momentum shifts, as it eventually will, considerably more wealth will go down the drain.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

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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