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go to the dogs [idiom]

If something is going to the dogs, it is in a bad condition (morally or physically) or is becoming worse.

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Example:

Sue: Look at that beautiful house, I lived there as a child. Maya: That one in the corner? It’s too old. Maybe once it was beautiful but now it has gone to dogs. It needs lots of renovation I think.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

5 be going to the dogs informal if a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is getting worse and will be difficult to improve

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

go to the dogs

go to the ˈdogs idiom
(NAmE also go to hell in a ˈhandbasket) (informal) to get into a very bad state

• This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

go to the dogs

If a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is becoming very much less successful than it was in the past.

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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

go to the dogs informal : to become ruined : to change to a much worse condition
• Our favorite restaurant has gone to the dogs lately.
• The economy is going to the dogs.

American English

British English

deteriorating and making worse

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