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    to hell in a handbasket

    US /tu hɛl ɪn ə ˈhændˌbæskɪt/

    ・

    UK /tu hel in ə ˈhændˌbæskit/

    C1
    idm.Describes rapid or inevitable decline or failure.
    The project went to hell in a handbasket after poor management decisions.

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    Mitt Romney on Leadership: Know Your Values

    53:43Mitt Romney on Leadership: Know Your Values
    • But if you measure yourself by the things that count most to you, your relationship with your spouse, your friendships, your children, your family, those things you can succeed at, whether or not the world goes to hell in a handbasket.

      But if you measure yourself by the things that count most to you, your relationship with your spouse, your friendships, your children, your family, those things you can succeed at, whether or not the world goes to hell in a handbasket.

    • you can succeed at whether or not the world goes to hell in a handbasket.

      you can succeed at whether or not the world goes to hell in a handbasket.

    A2

    ELDERS REACT TO EMINEM

    10:19ELDERS REACT TO EMINEM
    • World's going to hell in a handbasket really quick!

      World's going to hell in a handbasket really quick!

    B1

    3 Steps To Be Ambitious & Still Have Inner Peace

    09:233 Steps To Be Ambitious & Still Have Inner Peace
    • So hugging the moment doesn't mean sitting there blissfully when everything goes to hell in a handbasket.

      So hugging the moment doesn't mean sitting there blissfully when everything goes to hell in a handbasket.

    A2

    How did prediction markets like Polymarket get so big? | The Global Story

    25:11How did prediction markets like Polymarket get so big? | The Global Story
    • The world's going to hell in a handbasket.

      The world's going to hell in a handbasket.

    B1

    The best relationship advice no one ever told you

    11:26The best relationship advice no one ever told you
    • To hell in a handbasket, I'm out of here.

      To hell in a handbasket, I'm out of here.

    A2

    3 Steps to Stop Negative Thinking In Its Tracks

    08:003 Steps to Stop Negative Thinking In Its Tracks
    • or that everything is going to hell in a handbasket, because it's not.

      or that everything is going to hell in a handbasket, because it's not.

    B1