go to the dogs
Example Sentences
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If you ignore what you see, your life will quite literally go to the dogs.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2022
With no ice time available during the NHL’s four-month pandemic-forced break, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry had little choice but to let his game go to the dogs.
From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2020
If Florida’s law catches on, it may be only a matter of time before courthouses across the country go to the dogs.
From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2017
Then if the dogs come anyway, do not fret that this means your wedding will go to the dogs.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2014
What with his sneering mouth and his green eyes—oh, 'tis enough to make a fellow go to the dogs to have a brother like it, 'pon my soul it is!
From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette
