from bad to worse

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.

Example Sentences

We have seen the president’s physical and mental decline with our own eyes, and it seems to be going from bad to worse at an increasing pace.

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We have seen the president’s physical and mental decline with our own eyes, and it seems to be going from bad to worse at an increasing pace.

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Over the course of barely two hours on Sunday, Ferrari’s calamitous Formula One season went from bad to worse to absolute rock bottom.

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It went from bad to worse for England as full-back AJ Brimson suffered a shoulder injury just 10 minutes in.

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The decision to close all asylum hotels will mean the situation will go from "bad to worse", says Faraz Baber from planning consultancy Lanpro, with demand for properties that can be turned into HMOs creating "even further tensions on an already inflamed issue".

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