1. It went down the drain.

2. All my effort went down the drain.

3. Small local stores are going down the drain.

4. Safety standards have gone down the drain.

5. That's why this country's going down the drain!

6. They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.

7. The results of years of work went down the drain.

8. It foreclosed on the mortgages, and the mill went down the drain.

9. There are fears of family life going down the drain, as staff may get only two complete weekends off in seven.

10. I felt that everything I'd worked for had gone down the drain.

11. Yer know that our ole boxin' Club's gone down the drain since those new geezers took over.

12. Male speaker I fear that safety standards will go down the drain as people seek to make most profit.

13. And she would die in the bathtub, her blood going down the drain.

14. Their friendship will go down the drain.

15. The summit was sure to go down the drain if we played our "hole card" of blockade against the area.

16. He's not going to let it go down the drain now.

17. I can't believe it(), four years go down the drain.

18. His fortune go down the drain when he begin drinking heavily and gambling in casinos.

19. A single mistake and all that time and money would go down the drain.