| 单词 | go to the dogs |
| 释义 | go to the dogs (once / 12588 pages) v When you go to the dogs, you become ruined. You might say, for example, that if your friend spends all his hard-earned money on lottery tickets, he's more likely to go to the dogs than to win a million dollars. The saying go to the dogs has been around for a very long time. It seems to have started in the sixteenth century from the idea that useless or spoiled things, like food, should be thrown to the dogs rather than be eaten by people. Rotten or ruined things are suited only to go to the dogs; a person who ruins or destroys his life, therefore, goes to the dogs as well. WORD FAMILYgo to the dogs: goes to the dogs, going to the dogs, gone to the dogs, went to the dogs USAGE EXAMPLESIs this just one more example of the justice system going to the dogs? Washington Post(Nov 07, 2016) In her memoir about growing up in Rhodesia in the 1970s, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” Alexandra Fuller wrote: New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) “I couldn’t understand these adults saying England is finished, going to the dogs,” he said. The Guardian(Sep 29, 2016) v become ruined Syn|Hyper go to pot deteriorate become worse or disintegrate |
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