Pour money down the drain phrase informal
To waste money
Other companies are seeing investment in his company as just pouring money down the drain.
She is pouring money down the drain on gambling.
The company poured money down the drain on failed campaigns this year.
The verb "pour" should be conjugated according to its tense.
A problem or difficult circumstance
I'm short-sighted, so forgetting my glasses is a real hair in the butter for my sight.