Are We Worth The Measure Of Good Or Bad

deteriorated/ depreciated/ waned/ faded/ got worse/ decline/ decay/ degenerated/ gone to the dogs/ gone for a burton/ be ruined/ collapse/ devastation)

-There were so many things here wasting away and going to rack and ruin. (Become decayed, decline or fall apart {Dictionary.com}/ rotten/ decomposed/ mouldy/ rotting/ perished/ declined/ degenerated/ deteriorated/ mouldered/ waste away/ grow mouldy)

-I don’t believe it is worth the risk: what you make on the swings you’ll lose on the roundabouts. (A situation in which different actions or options result in no eventual gain or loss/ easy come, easy go/ very much of a muchness/ counterbalanced/ the one offsets the other/ counterweighs/ counteracts/ the measure of the loss is the measure of
That's right, stick to it, and after a while we'll hand the drudgery over to somebody else." {American Winston Churchill, a Far Country} (Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work {Farlex})

-The car’s broken down again. I suppose we’ll have to use shanks pony. (using your own legs as a means of transport/pedestrian journey/ walk/ use feet/ trudge/ plod/ saunter/ stroll/ hoof it/ traipse/ tread/ march/ slog/ mosey)
~ I think I’ll make a pedestrian journey home. (A person who goes or travels on foot; walker/ going or performed on foot; walking {Dictionary.com}

-My commute consists of walking 20 steps from my bed to my office (to travel some distance regularly between one's home and one's place of work {Farlex} travel/ shuttle/ go back and forth)
~ This is the highway she takes on her daily commute. {Investigation Discovery}

-He threatened me with legal action. I then told him to do his worst. (Do as much damage as you can./ show me the best you have in terms of how much you can hurt, punish or destroy me/ defiance/ do your worst/ bring it on= cause something unpleasant to occur {Oxford Dictionary}/ I’m ready/prepared to take your challenge/ throw down the gauntlet/ give it your best
(To find/ to identify or discover the place or location of {Dictionary.com}/find/ found/ traced/ discovered/ detected/ pinpointed/ uncovered/ tracked down/ established/ came across/ encountered/ place/ position/ fix/ run down)
~ We could not locate a will, unless she died intestate.
~ I have gone out of my way to locate the product for you.
~ It took two months to run down the whereabouts of Jonathan Vick.

-While we dawdle, our rivals are already in the saddle. (In a position of control or responsibility/Engaged in an activity, especially a job {Farlex} / were working already/ hit the road /blazing away/ in full swing/ firing on all cylinders/ hard at work/ got their shoulder to the wheel/ put their nose to the grindstone/ activated/ started/ initiated/ galvanised/ set in motion/ set off/ got going/got the ball rolling= maintain the momentum of an activity {Oxford Dictionary}/ off and running/ stolen a march/ steal a march/ in orbit)
~ I mounted the mare to join the anti-reform procession. {Morley on Gladstone} (on the bandwagon)
~ The party is in full swing.
-By 7.30, the entire team had already gone into orbit. (Were in a state of heightened