"Go to the dogs" nghĩa là gì?

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"Go to the dogs" = quẳng cho chó (ăn) -> nghĩa là tình hình ngày càng tệ hại.

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Speaking of going to the dogs — Wade Won is a veterinarian (bác sĩ thú ý) who is now working as a diagnostic imaging resident (bác sĩ nội trú) at Mississippi State University, where he reads The Blade online.

Hercule Holmes wrote: “Weston Super Mare has been left to go to the dogs for the last 50 years […] No investment, no support for entrepreneurs (nhà kinh doanh), no attempt to turn these towns into anything nice.”

They are appalled (kinh hoàng) at the fact that the PN and PL have allowed our public transport system to go to the dogs, while the levels of asthma (bệnh hen suyễn) caused by the uncontrolled car emissions have now reached gargantuan (khổng lồ) proportions, making us the first country in the European continent – and the eighth in the whole world – as regards asthma in children.

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