Redewendung: herunterkommen, verfallen oder zugrunde gehen.
An idiom: to go downhill, to decay or to be ruined.
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Das alte Hotel ist vor die Hunde gegangen. — The old hotel has gone to the dogs.
Wenn das so weitergeht, geht die Firma vor die Hunde. — If this carries on, the company will go to the dogs.
Er ist nach der Scheidung fast vor die Hunde gegangen. — After the divorce he nearly went to pieces.
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