went to the dogs

Verb

go to the dogs (third-person singular simple present goes to the dogs, present participle going to the dogs, simple past went to the dogs, past participle gone to the dogs)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To decline or deteriorate shockingly.
   • "[T]he merry old ways of good life have gone to the dogs—upon my carcase, they have!"1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 42, in Far from the Madding Crowd

   Synonyms:

   go to pot, go downhill, go to shit