go to the bow-wows

dated idiomatic informal

(dated, idiomatic, informal) To go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.

Japanese Meaning

衰退する / 悪化する / 落ちぶれる

If the council continues to cut maintenance budgets, the public park will soon go to the bow-wows.

市議会が維持管理の予算削減を続ければ、その公共公園はまもなく荒廃してしまうでしょう。

Sense（1）

(dated, idiomatic, informal) To go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.

goes to the bow-wows

（ present singular third-person ）

going to the bow-wows

（ participle present ）

went to the bow-wows

（ past ）

gone to the bow-wows

（ participle past ）