go down the drain

go down the drain
go down the chute & go down the drain & go down the tube(s)
Sl. to fail; to be thrown away or wasted. •

Everything we have accomplished has gone down the chute.

The whole project went down the drain.

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{v. phr.} To be lost or wasted forever. * /If he doesn't pass the bar examination tomorrow, his best efforts to become a lawyer will go down the drain./

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