The client just pulled out of their account.

客户刚取消了合作。

I've heard about that. The boss pretends not to care, but it went down the drain.

听说了。老板假装不在乎，但是全都白费了。

I've tried my best, but it went down the drain.

我已经尽力了，但全都白费了。

It's hard to believe we've lost.

很难相信我们输了。

重点讲解

It was completely wasted.

It went down the rain.

go down the drain字面意思就是“掉进下水道里去了”。什么东西才会被扔进那里去呢?当然就是残羹剩饭、垃圾之类了。由此go down the drain就有了 “前功尽弃，失败得一塌糊涂，化为乌有”的意思。注意:表示白费的意思时，主语一般是事物或者事件，而非人。例如:.The 2000 notebook went down the drain,这个价值2000美元的笔记本废掉了。