down the drain
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Idiomatic Wasted or irretrievable.
- Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain.1997, Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, the, drain.
- Derived terms
- go down the drain
- Related terms
- circle the drain