handbasket
noun /ˈhændbɑːskɪt/
/ˈhændbæskɪt/
Idioms Idioms
go to hell in a handbasket (North American English)
(also go to the dogs British and North American English)
- (informal) to get into a very bad state
- This firm's gone to hell in a handbasket since the new management took over.