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

他们意识到自己的公众形象正被迅速地破坏掉。

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I know, but I didn't want to risk the project going down the drain.

我知道，但我不想冒让这个项目泡汤的风险。

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And I look at the energy situation, and it's going down the drain at pretty high speed.

我关注能源形势，能源正在以极快的速度被白白浪费掉。

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Sinks are going down the drain, and steel is now heading in the same direction.

FORBES: Chinese Manufacturing Is Crashing

Recall October 1998 when world markets were collapsing, Russia was going down the drain and Wall Street was in panic.

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"I think the Syrian-crisis response is only one example of European Union foreign policy going down the drain, " said Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former EU ambassador to Syria, Turkey and Libya.

WSJ: Syria Debate Illustrates EU's Foreign-Policy Weakness