go to the dogs deteriorate shockingly, especially in behaviour or morals. informal
☞ The underlying reference may be to the fate of worn-out horses, sent to the knacker's yard on the way to becoming dog food
2002Norman LebrechtThe Song of Names Country's going to the dogs. Used to be the finest railway in the world, now look at it.
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