Meaning:Becoming ruined
Origin:
The figurative meaning must have been preceded by the literal meaning of giving food that wasn't fit for humans to dogs - anything decayed and worthless that wasn't fit for humans.
The phrase could also come from the story of Jezebel in the Bible:
1 Kgs. 21: 23 "And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The adogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel."
Sources:http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/go-to-the-dogs.html
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