- hell in a handcart
- If something is going to hell in a handcart, it is getting worse and worse, with no hope of stopping the decline.(Dorking School Dictionary)
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hell in a handcart
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hell in a handcart — If something is going to hell in a handcart, it is getting worse and worse, with no hope of stopping the decline … The small dictionary of idiomes
Hell in a handcart — If something is going to hell in a handcart, it is getting worse and worse, with no hope of stopping the decline … Dictionary of English idioms
go to hell in a handcart — go to hell in a handbasket/handcart American, informal if a person or system is going to hell in a handbasket, they are in an extremely bad state and becoming worse. He believes the welfare system in this country is going to hell in a handcart … New idioms dictionary
handcart — /ˈhændkat/ (say handkaht) noun 1. a small cart drawn or pushed by hand. –phrase 2. go to hell in a handcart, to be heading ultimately towards ruin or destruction. {Phrase Origin: originally a US phrase relying on the alliteration for effect} …
hell — /hɛl / (say hel) noun 1. (also upper case) (in many religions and mythologies) the abode of the spirits of the dead, often, as in Christianity, a place or state of existence where the wicked are punished after death. See Gehenna, Hades. Compare… …
hell — noun 1》 (often Hell) a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth to which the wicked are consigned after death. 2》 a state or place of great… … English new terms dictionary
go to hell in a handbasket — go to hell in a handbasket/handcart American, informal if a person or system is going to hell in a handbasket, they are in an extremely bad state and becoming worse. He believes the welfare system in this country is going to hell in a handcart … New idioms dictionary
To hell in a handbasket — Going to Hell in a handbasket or Going to hell in a handcart is an English alliterative phrase of unclear origin, describing something or a situation taking a turn for the worse or towards disaster without effort or in great haste. There are… … Wikipedia
go to hell in a handbasket (or handcart) N. Amer. — go to hell in a handbasket (or handcart) N. Amer. informal deteriorate rapidly. → hell … English new terms dictionary
Richard Littlejohn — Infobox journalist name = Richard Littlejohn caption = birth name = Richard William Littlejohn birth date = birth date and age|1954|01|18 birth place = Ilford, London death date = death place = education = occupation = alias = title = family =… … Wikipedia
