Has Been Down the Drain?

If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted. They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.

Was down the drain?

If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.

How do you use down a drain?

On the way to being lost or wasted; disappearing. For example, Buying new furniture when they can't take it with them is just pouring money down the drain, or During the Depression huge fortunes went down the drain.