down the drain vs wasted

down the drain

prep
  • wasted or irretrievable. 

wasted

adj
  • Very drunk or stoned. 

  • Ravaged or deteriorated. 

  • Emaciated and haggard. 

  • Not profitably used. 

  • Low weight-for-height (for a person). 

How often have the words down the drain and wasted occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )