go to the bow-wows

短语

词形变化

goes to the bow-wows 三单 goes to the bow-wows going to the bow-wows gone to the bow-wows went to the bow-wows going to the bow-wows 现在分词 went to the bow-wows 过去式 gone to the bow-wows 过去式 gone to the bow-wows 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.

    过时 习语 非正式

    1896, Arthur G. Burgoyne, “Timon of Athens” in Shakespeare Up to Date, and Other Latter-Day Lyrics, Pittsburg: T. W. Nevin, p. 16, With lavish hand his cash he spent, And with lightning speed to the bow-wows went And into the gutter fell.

    1912, James Oneal, Militant Socialism, Saint Louis: The National RipSaw Publishing Co., p. 28, The robber barons of the Middle Ages were perfectly sure that civilization would go to the bow-wows if they were interfered with.