- going to the dogs
- informal
if a place or organization is going to the dogs, it is not as good as it was in the past
He's always saying that the country is going to the dogs.
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going to the dogs
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go to the dogs — {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. * /The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ * /After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs./ * /The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt./ … Dictionary of American idioms
go to the dogs — {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. * /The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ * /After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs./ * /The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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go to the dogs — To say that a company, organization or country is going to the dogsmeans that it is becoming less successful or efficient then before. Some people think the company will go to the dogs if it is nationalized … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
