ИДТИ КО ДНУ
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ КО ДНУ <НА ДНО> coll
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⇒ !. [subj:
- human or collect] to be failing miserably, be losing, be almost ruined: X идёт ко дну••≈ X is going under;
- X is going to end (wind) up on the rocks;
- X is headed for disaster (ruin).
2. disapprov [subj: human]
⇒ to degenerate, decline morally:
- X идет ко дну••≈ X is going downhill (to wrack and ruin, to the dogs);
- [in limited contexts] X is (slowly) turning into a bum.