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, and worse they fall; But who can reach the worst of all?

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Browning, William Ernst

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," said the Man With the Iron Jaw.

From Andy the Acrobat by Harkness, Peter T.