down the toilet

down the toilet

1. In a state of failure or ruination. My father's company is now going down the toilet because of the incompetent new CEO.
2. Squandered or wastefully discarded. All of our savings have gone down the toilet ever since Jack had his little gambling spree in Las Vegas.
See also: down, toilet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • toilet
  • down the drain
  • into the toilet
  • in the gutter
  • dumper
  • in the dumper
  • go down the toilet
  • in the shitter
  • shitter
  • into the gutter
References in periodicals archive
At primary school, the Great British Bake Off star was bullied so badly that she once feared she would drown after cruel kids flushed her head down the toilet.
School bullies hell of Bake Off winner Nadiya; Star says anxiety still cripples her now
Hyderabad: Caught taking a bribe, a law officer in Telangana tore the currency notes and flushed them down the toilet in an attempt to wipe out evidence.
Caught taking bribe, Indian officer flushes cash in toilet
THE disgusting reality of putting wet wipes down the toilet was laid bare yesterday.
NI Water aiming to flush out the wet wipes waste
A study found wipes flushed down the toilet caused serious problems for sewerage systems.
'Fine to flush' label for wet wipes to assist fight against fatbergs
The baby boy was allegedly flushed down the toilet of Amritsar-Howrah Express train but was recovered alive by the sweepers while cleaning the toilet.
Newborn found abandoned in train's toilet in Amritsar
A newborn baby who was flushed down the toilet of a train, was recovered alive by the cleaning staff in Indian city of Amritsar on Saturday.
Newborn Baby Flushed Down Train Toilet, Survives
Three men were arrested -- with police adding that an attempt was made to flush some of the evidence down the toilet.
Huge quantity of drugs found in raid on home by Harrow police; Police say that when they arrived a botched attempt was made to flush some of the drugs down a toilet
Andy Dickson, said: "The top was clearly no longer wanted by its owner but down the toilet is obviously not the place to get rid!
Lacy vest cause of blocked sewer pipe to thousands of homes in Surrey and Hamsphire; It is not known why the lacy vest was flushed, or if it was simply accidentally dropped down the toilet
The constant battle which involves teams of people working around the clock to deal with increased levels of fibre entering the sewer network, as products such as wet wipes are flushed down the toilet, is required to minimise the chance of flooding.
Giant fatberg fished out from city sewer; 10ft-LONG MASS OF CONGEALED FAT, OIL AND BABY WIPES IS PLUCKED FROM THE DRAINS
Richard Warneford, wastewater director at Northumbrian Water, said: "The problems caused by flushing the wrong things down the toilet, or pouring things down the sink that you shouldn't, can lead to some particularly horrible experiences for our customers.
Blockages were far from bog standard
Sadistic killer found guilty of chopping up his girlfriend's body before flushing it down the toilet
Family of woman murdered and dismembered by sadistic boyfriend break silence over their 'living hell'; Dean Lowe, 33, denied harming Kirby Noden, 32, and claimed she had set him up by spraying her own blood around their basement flat before leaving him for another man
"I don't think I need to tell anyone that putting your pants down the toilet is a bad idea, and 'Eileen' is very lucky that she didn't cause the sewer pipe to flood both her home and her neighbours.
Eileen's size 14 knickers leave sewage plant in twist; Bloomers kick up a mighty stink at plant
In a horrific incident, plumbers discovered the body of a two-day-old baby girl flushed down the toilet of a clinic in Perinthalmanna, Kerala, while clearing the clog in a commode.
Plumbers recover infant's body from toilet in India
Now Yorkshire Water has launched its new campaign to discourage people from flushing wipes down the toilet - blockages caused by wipes are by far the biggest proportion of sewer blockages across the county, accounting for 40% of the total each year.
Some of the town's poshest addresses causing a real stink