down the drain
31flush down the drain — to dismiss peremptorily from employment The imagery is obvious: If I bounce him and ask Thorsen to get me another man, he ll flush Boone down the drain. (Sanders, 1977) …
32pour something down the drain — to waste something They accused the government of pouring taxpayers money down the drain …
33pour money down the drain — {v. phr.} To spend one s money unwisely; to waste one s funds. * / Stop supporting Harry s drug habit, Ralph said. You re just pouring money down the drain. ./ …
34pour money down the drain — {v. phr.} To spend one s money unwisely; to waste one s funds. * / Stop supporting Harry s drug habit, Ralph said. You re just pouring money down the drain. ./ …
35pour\ money\ down\ the\ drain — v. phr. To spend one s money unwisely; to waste one s funds. Stop supporting Harry s drug habit, Ralph said. You re just pouring money down the drain …
36throw money down the drain — informal phrase to waste money by spending it on something useless Thesaurus: to waste or misuse a thing or opportunitysynonym Main entry: throw …
37down the drain — phrasal to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost …
38down the drain — Synonyms and related words: all gone, annihilated, consumed, dead, defunct, dissipated, done for, expired, extinct, gone, gone glimmering, gone to waste, had it, kaput, kaputt, lost, misspent, no more, passed away, perished, run to seed, spent,… …
39Down the drain — wasted (as effort, money, etc.) …
40down the drain — Australian Slang wasted (as effort, money, etc.) …