go down the toilet
Become utterly wasted
Go down the toilet means to be ruined, wasted, or lost completely.
The expression evokes something valuable being flushed away beyond recovery.
It typically describes plans, money, relationships, or opportunities that have failed or been squandered: My savings went down the toilet when the stock crashed.
The variant go down the drain carries the same meaning with slightly less vulgarity.
- go to hellHostile dismissal curse
- circle the drainNearing final collapse
- go to the dogsDecline in quality drastically
- go to seedDecline from former condition
- go to potGradually fall into ruin
go south · go pear-shaped · fall apart · squander · collapse · crash and burn · decay · frittering · deterioration · ruin · misallocation · disaster · fail · degenerate · worsen · decline · plunge · hit rock bottom
go down the toiletsurvive
Continue to exist
endure · pull through · come through · weather the storm · hold together
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