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[missdaredevil]

The discussion has gone to the dogs.
= go to the dogs be in the final stages of a gradual decline in standards

What's in th meaning in *plain English*?

Thanks

[bud]

Yes. In plain English, something that was once positve (in some way) has now not lost its value.

We used to love going to this little inn on Lake George. Now it has gone to the dogs, though, and you couldn't pay us to stay there.