go to pot

Meaning

1. to be spoiled because people are not working hard or taking care of things

   Her handwriting's gone to pot since she started using a computer all the time.

In the movies · 6

• This carnival is going to pot! And you?!Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022
• You go smoke some pot or somethin', l'll be there soon.Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• Right, on we go. Plenty of pots to go around.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
• ahaa, and if I don't get the job... are we still going to smoke that pot?Ted2012
• But in looking around, it seems the whole world's going to pot.Meet John Doe1941
• - Well, off they go to the melting pot. - Ah! Ja.The Pianist2002

From the same entry

• the pot calling the kettle black
• pot luck
• pots of money
• a crock of gold
• in the melting pot
• put a quart into a pint pot
• a watched pot never boils