from bad to worse

Idioms  

1. Unacceptable and getting more so, on a steady downward course. For example, Mary's grades have gone from bad to worse. [Mid-1500s] Also see if worst comes to worst.

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Example Sentences

From bad to worse, on Christmas Day, Ianello got a call from one of her starters, Krystal Quihuis, saying she was turning pro and wouldn’t be back for the spring.

From Golf Digest • May 23, 2018

From bad to worse for Washington as Pittsburgh goes up 2-1: One minute after Pittsburgh tied the game, a hooking penalty by former Penguin Brooks Orpik put the home team back on the power play.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2018

From bad to worse, thought I. What was the use of being a Sergeant in the Guards almost from my mother's womb?

From Marie; a story of Russian love by Zielinska, Marie H. de

From bad to worse he had gone, and here he lay with the drizzling rain on his white face, a warning and a lesson to wayward youths just setting their feet in the wrong direction.

From Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West by Raine, William MacLeod

From bad to worse is an easy step, and the tiger that has once tasted blood is dangerous.

From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron