动词

be on the downward path; touch bottom (Anglophile); degrade; come down; lapse; rot (о людях, обществе); stoop; be on the downward path; degenerate (Tanya Gesse); lower (Nrml Kss); decline; go to the bad; devolve (After several hours the discussion had devolved into a shouting match. Telecaster)

建造

degenerate (о прочности, свойствах и т.п.); deteriorate (о прочности, свойствах, параметрах и т.п.)

惯用语

run to seed (VLZ_58); go to seed (VLZ_58); go to shit ("I'm struggling to understand exactly why Yaletown, right in the centre of Vancouver, is predicted to vote solidly Сonservative." "Аs someone that lives in Yaletown and is voting Сonservative, it is easy for me to understand why, the neighborhood has gone to shit in recent years while the NDP are in power. Because drug dens supported by the NDP have ruined the neighborhood. None wants to be harassed in their neighborhood or having their hands cut off for walking on streets." (Reddit) ART Vancouver)

rot; sink

jump the shark (Indiana Jones just survived a nuclear blast by hiding in a fridge? This show has officially jumped the shark! VLZ_58)