down the drain
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- (idiomatic, euphemistic) Synonym of down the toilet: wasted or irretrievable.
- 1997, Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet
- Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain.
- Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
- 1997, Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet
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