go down the drain

Idioms  

1. see down the drain.

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go down the drain

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

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

He watched the water go down the drain with a gurgling sound.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry