Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

If you are not careful, your business will go to the dogs.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is be ruined.

Let's look at the meaning of the given idiom:
- go to the dogs- to become ruined or a much worse condition
Example:
- Our favorite restaurant has gone to the dogs lately.

Let's look at the origin of the idiom:
- As far back as the 1500s, bad or stale food that was not thought to be suitable for human consumption was thrown to the dogs.
- The expression caught on and expanded to include any person or thing that came to a bad end, was ruined or looked terrible.