词汇 | go to the dogs |
释义 | Idiom go to pot and go to the dogs Theme: RUIN to go to ruin; to deteriorate. (Informal.)My whole life seems to be going to pot.My lawn is going to pot. I had better weed it.The government is going to the dogs. Idiom go to the dogs if a country or an organization is going to the dogs, it is becoming less successful than it was in the past.They sat in the bar the night before the election, moaning that the country was going to the dogs. (usually in continuous tenses)go to the dogsTo deteriorate or go awry. Boy, this party has really gone to the dogs. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming. go to the dogssee under go to pot. go to the dogsIf a country or organization goes to the dogs, it becomes less successful and of worse quality than it was in the past. In the 1960s the country was fast going to the dogs. Television, we warned, would go to the dogs under the Government's crazy franchising system. go to the dogsdeteriorate shockingly, especially in behaviour or morals. informalThis idiom derives from the fact that attending greyhound races was once thought likely to expose a person to moral danger and the risk of incurring great financial loss. 1997 Daily Telegraph If you read the English media or watch the cretinosities of television, you would think that the country is going to the dogs. go to the ˈdogs(American English also go to hell in a ˈhandbasket) (informal) (often used of a company, an organization, a country, etc.) become less powerful, efficient, etc. than before: Many people think this country’s going to the dogs.go to the dogs To go to ruin; degenerate. |
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