G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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[go to pieces] {v. phr.}
To become very nervous or sick from nervousness; become wild.
Mrs. Vance went to pieces when she heard her daughter was in the hospital.
* /The man went to pieces when the judge said he would have to go to prison for […]
[go to pot] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed.
Mr. Jones' health has gone to pot.
The motel business went to pot when the new highway was built.
Compare: [GO TO WRACK AND RUIN], [GO TO THE DOGS].
[go to seed] or [run to seed] {v. phr.}
1. To grow seeds.
Onions go to seed in hot weather.
2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful.
Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports.
* /Mr. Allen was a […]
[go to show] or [go to prove] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To seem to prove; act or serve to show (a fact); demonstrate. — Often used after "it".
Our team beat a bigger team, and it just goes to show you can win if you play hard enough.
* /The hard […]
[go to the chair] {v. phr.}
To be executed in the electric chair.
After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair.
[go to the devil] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To go away, mind your own business. — Used as a command; considered rude.
George told Bob to go to the devil.
"Go to the devil!" said Jack, when his sister tried to tell him what to do.
2. To become […]
[go to the dogs] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed.
The man went to the dogs after he started drinking.
After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs.
* /The team went to the dogs when its best […]
[go to the trouble] or [take the trouble] {v. phr.}
To make trouble or extra work for yourself; bother.
John told Mr. Brown not to go to the trouble of driving him home.
* /Since your aunt took the trouble to get you a nice birthday present, the […]
[go to town] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To do something quickly or with great force or energy; work fast or hard.
The boys went to town on the old garage, and had it torn down before Father came home from work.
* /While Sally was slowly washing the […]