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from bad to worse

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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To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
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frolic, frolicsome, from, fromage, fromage frais, from bad to worse, Frome, Fromentin, fromenty, from first to last, from hand to hand
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