go south

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse. idiomatic
    — I should have walked away from the casino when my luck went south, but I stayed and ended up in the hole.
  2. To make an escape; to disappear. intransitive
    — He won! A disbeliever, from childhood, in the frequency of miracles, he gathered up seven hundred and forty dollars and "went south" with it.
  3. To give somebody oral sex. slang
  4. To rathole: to take chips off the table in a cash game without exiting the game completely, especially with the intention of limiting losses. slang

词形变化

goes south present,singular,third-person going south participle,present went south past gone south participle,past

词源

(become worse): The origin is unclear. Common belief attributes it to the standard orientation of maps, where south is the downwards direction; in this regard, compare also go downhill, decline, and drop off. Alternatively, it could stem from a euphemism used by some Native Americans for dying.
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