{"id":4410,"date":"2021-01-15T18:22:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4410"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"if-people-do-not-mend-their-ways-they-are-sure-to-go-to-the-dogs","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/if-people-do-not-mend-their-ways-they-are-sure-to-go-to-the-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Go to the Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>go to the dogs<\/strong> mean?<br>If people do not mend their ways, they are sure <strong>to go to the dogs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to fight<\/li>\n<li>to be rough<\/li>\n<li>to be united<\/li>\n<li>to be ruined<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3125],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-4410","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-decline-and-ruin","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>to be ruined<\/strong> is correct because <strong>go to the dogs<\/strong> means to become ruined, spoiled, or much worse in condition.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The old building went to the dogs after years of neglect.<\/em> <em>Without honest leadership, the organization may go to the dogs.<\/em><\/p><p>The sentence warns that bad behavior can lead to ruin, so the other meanings do not fit.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to fight"},{"right":"no","answer":"to be rough"},{"right":"no","answer":"to be united"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to be ruined"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3125,"title":"Decline and Ruin","slug":"decline-and-ruin"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}