to hell in a handbasket

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介词短语
  1. To go to a bad state of affairs quickly. idiomatic,informal
    — I watched as the guy in charge did nothing and the whole place went to hell in a handbasket.

词形变化

to hell in a handcart alternative

词源

Images in church iconography suggest similar phrases may date back to 1515. The first attestation is from 1682, the variation to hell in a handcart is attested since 1841, and a phrase similar to to heaven in a wheelbarrow is first attested in 1618. The popularity of the variation "to hell in a handbasket" may be connected to its alliteration.
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