go south

短语
大学

向南走；一直往南走；冲南走

发音

AU

词形变化

goes south 三单 goes south going south gone south went south going south 现在分词 went south 过去式 gone south 过去式 gone south 过去分词

教材释义与例句

向南走；一直往南走；冲南走

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.

    不利

    变坏

    习语

    I should have walked away from the casino when my luck went south, but I stayed and ended up in the hole.

    I still had 5 miles (8 km) or so to go to cross the river when all of the controls went south. The bird pitched up, shuddered, rolled right like it was going to spin […]

  2. 2.

    To make an escape; to disappear.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To give somebody oral sex.

    俚语
  4. 4.

    To rathole: to take chips off the table in a cash game without exiting the game completely, especially with the intention of limiting losses.

    俚语 游戏

词源

(become worse): The origin is unclear. Common belief attributes it to the standard orientation of maps, where south is the downwards direction; in this regard, compare also go downhill, decline, and drop off. Alternatively, it could stem from a euphemism used by some Native Americans for dying.

来源：wiktionary