今天各大家介紹一個和to put on the dog意思相反的俗語：to go to the dogs。To go to the dogs這個俗語的意思就是：變得很窮，徹底破落。比如說，在十九世紀的時候，美國西部發(fā)現(xiàn)金礦的地區(qū)出現(xiàn)了一個又一個新的城鎮(zhèn)。許多人到那里去淘金，都想發(fā)家致富。可是后來怎么樣了呢?
"As soon as the gold was all gone, these towns went to the dogs almost overnight. Everybody moved away, and these places are ghost towns now, with the wind whistling through the empty houses and shops.“
這句話的意思是：“等到金子都淘光了，這些城鎮(zhèn)一下子就被人遺棄，徹底完蛋了。那里所有的人都走了，剩下的只有風在吹過空房子和商店的時候發(fā)出的沙沙聲?！?BR> 這是社會變遷造成的結(jié)局。但是，人為的結(jié)局更加悲慘：
"I always thought my friend Pete had a good future. But then he got hooked on heroin and lost his job and his wife--I never saw a man go to the dogs so fast!"
這人說：“我總以為我的朋友皮特是很有前途的。但是后來他吸上了毒品，失去了工作，妻子也走了。我從來沒有看到過任何人破落得這么快的！”
beaver
n.[動]水獺，河貍
海貍皮毛; 用海貍皮做的帽子
like a beaver
極勤奮, 孜孜不倦
"As soon as the gold was all gone, these towns went to the dogs almost overnight. Everybody moved away, and these places are ghost towns now, with the wind whistling through the empty houses and shops.“
這句話的意思是：“等到金子都淘光了，這些城鎮(zhèn)一下子就被人遺棄，徹底完蛋了。那里所有的人都走了，剩下的只有風在吹過空房子和商店的時候發(fā)出的沙沙聲?！?BR> 這是社會變遷造成的結(jié)局。但是，人為的結(jié)局更加悲慘：
"I always thought my friend Pete had a good future. But then he got hooked on heroin and lost his job and his wife--I never saw a man go to the dogs so fast!"
這人說：“我總以為我的朋友皮特是很有前途的。但是后來他吸上了毒品，失去了工作，妻子也走了。我從來沒有看到過任何人破落得這么快的！”
beaver
n.[動]水獺，河貍
海貍皮毛; 用海貍皮做的帽子
like a beaver
極勤奮, 孜孜不倦