Down the drain (Short video)

The phrase of the day is: "Down the drain"

• If time, effort, or money goes down the drain, it is wasted or produces no results.
  [ --- I hate to think of all that hard work going down the drain! --- ]
  
• If an organization, country etc goes down the drain, it becomes worse or fails.
  [ --- That's why this country's going down the drain! --- ]