English / idiom
Go to Hell in a Handbasket
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To deteriorate rapidly, irreversibly, and disastrously into chaos or ruin.
In context
01
Without clear succession protocols, the multinational enterprise went to hell in a handbasket within months.
02
Many senior partners feared the firm would go to hell in a handbasket once the founder retired.
Synonyms
fall into ruin,collapse catastrophically,unravel completely
Antonyms
flourish,thrive,stabilize
Collocations
everything went to hell in a handbasket,watch the company go to hell in a handbasket,swiftly go to hell in a handbasket