go down the drain

Idioms  

1. see down the drain.

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Example Sentences

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

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