throw to the dogs

call off the dogs

To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.

dogs bark, cats meow

Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

go to the dogs

To decline or deteriorate shockingly.

let sleeping dogs lie

To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.

lock someone up and throw away the key

To lock someone up in prison indefinitely.

rain cats and dogs

To rain very heavily.

rain dogs and cats

Alternative form of rain cats and dogs.

stone's throw

A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.