handbasket
[hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit]
- go to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively: The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Show More
Origin of handbasket
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for handbasket
Contemporary Examples
You think the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket” under the current administration and party leadership.
Yes, it can be argued the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket.”
This is not a lament that things have gone to hell in a handbasket since some mythical golden era.
Historical Examples
He told me the country was going to Rome in a handbasket, or something like that.
Occasion for DisasterGordon Randall Garrett
"Rome was always going to Hell in a handbasket, and finally it—" He paused.
Occasion for DisasterGordon Randall Garrett
That was all very well and good, but just what was the handbasket made of?
Occasion for DisasterGordon Randall Garrett
The world, he told himself, was going to hell in a handbasket.
Occasion for DisasterGordon Randall Garrett