B2idiomsuccessIELTS-friendly
go downhill
USUK
to become gradually worse
Used for quality, health, relationships and businesses. Also 'It's all downhill from here', which can mean 'easy from now on' or 'it only gets worse'.
In context
The restaurant went downhill after the old chef left.
His grades started to go downhill when he got addicted to online games.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again