vor die Hunde gehen
to go to the dogs
Türkçe: batmak
In a sentence
Nach der Firmenpleite ging der Inhaber vor die Hunde.
How it is used
Idiom meaning 'to go to the dogs,' i.e., deteriorate or fail. Colloquial. Use when a company goes bankrupt or a person's morals decline. Nuance: similar to 'auf den Hund kommen' but plural form.
Other collocations built on gehen
- auf Abstand gehen (auch fig.)to move away/create distance
- an die Arbeit gehento start working or begin a task
- ins Auge gehento go wrong
- jdm. um den Bart gehento fawn over someone
- ins Bett gehento go to bed (to sleep)
- zu Bett gehento go to bed
- in die Berge gehento go to the mountains
- in Berufung gehento go into appeal
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