0 If work or money is or goes down the drain, it is spoiled or wasted: --
If the factory closes, that will be a million dollars' worth of investment down the drain.
1 wasted or lost: --
I can’t believe it’s broken already – well, there’s seventy bucks down the drain.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
down the drain