Go to the dogs
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6To become worse
चौपट हो जाना
The scheme went to the dogs after seven months.
To go to the dogs is decline and not an event.
Daily use: Sab dogs ke paas chala gaya.
English idioms में dog अक्सर negative meaning देते हैं। सोचिए, जो खाना किसी काम का न रहे, वह कुत्तों को डाल दिया जाता है। Go to the dogs यानी बिगड़ते-बिगड़ते बर्बाद हो जाना।
In English idioms, dogs usually bring a negative meaning. Picture leftover food that is of no use being thrown to the dogs. When something goes to the dogs, it becomes worse and is ruined.
Answer है ‘बिगड़ जाना’ या ‘बर्बाद होना’; ‘go to rack and ruin’ का भी यही meaning है, जबकि ‘flourish’ उल्टा है।
The answer is ‘to become worse’ or ‘to be ruined’; ‘go to rack and ruin’ means the same, while ‘flourish’ is the opposite.