go to the dogs

Verb

 * 1)  To decline or deteriorate shockingly.
 * 2) * 2002 February 3,, "Bring Back the Exploding Cigars" (review of See No Evil by ), New York Times (retrieved 17 Feb 2018) :
 * "The C.I.A. was systematically destroyed by political correctness, by petty Beltway wars, by careerism and much more." . . . Baer, who quit the agency four years ago, says he is angry about all this, but he clearly has a good time recounting how the C.I.A. went to the dogs.
 * 1) * 2002 February 3,, "Bring Back the Exploding Cigars" (review of See No Evil by ), New York Times (retrieved 17 Feb 2018) :
 * "The C.I.A. was systematically destroyed by political correctness, by petty Beltway wars, by careerism and much more." . . . Baer, who quit the agency four years ago, says he is angry about all this, but he clearly has a good time recounting how the C.I.A. went to the dogs.

Translations

 * Catalan: anar en orri
 * Dutch: naar de filistijnen gaan, naar de knoppen gaan, naar de kloten gaan, naar de verdoemenis gaan
 * Finnish:, rapistua
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: fara í hundana
 * Italian: andare a male, andare a rotoli
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gå i hundene
 * Nynorsk: gå i hundane
 * Occitan: se desanar, èsser emportat coma per un corrent, anar al fil de l'aiga
 * Polish:
 * Russian: пойти́ по́ миру
 * Spanish: irse al diablo, al traste
 * Venetian: ndare a remengo, ndar a remengo, ndare in mona, ndar in mona