go to pot
Meaning: To fall into disrepair; to deteriorate from lack of attention.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Go to seed originates in the idea that the fruit on plants `goes to seed' if it is not picked when ripe.
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- not know beans about something — To know very little about something; to speak without authority on some topic.
- lay an egg — To do something embarrassing.
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More English idioms
- not worth a hill of beans — Worthless.
- out of the frying pan and into the fire — From a bad situation to one that is even worse.
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- pie in the sky — Something that is unrealistic or that cannot be achieved.
- a piece of cake — Something that is easy to do.
- the salt of the earth — A very dependable and unpretentious person.
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