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go to hell in a bucket and go to hell in a handbasket Fig. to get rapidly worse and worse. The school system in this district is going to hell in a bucket, and no mistake. His health is going to hell in a handbasket ever since he started drinking again. go to hell in a handbasket/handcart (American informal) if a person or system is going to hell in a handbasket, they are in an extremely bad state and becoming worse He believes the welfare system in this country is going to hell in a handcart. See also: hell How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Her well-meaning family calls a priest, and the rest of the story goes to hell in a handbasket. Sure, those who think that they're going to be able to succeed by making massive numbers of undifferentiated whatevers are going to find themselves in the aforementioned handbasket. I mean, if a hot dog on a Friday could put you in a handbasket to hell, my frequently committed mortal sins were certainly good for a one-way ticket on the Stygian Ferry. |
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