go down the drain

Idioms  

1. see down the drain.

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go down the drain

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

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 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

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

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

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White