to  go  to hell in (a)  handbasket
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<abbr style="text-decoration: underline;" title="handbasket / handbag" > handbasket</abbr>
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hāndbaaskit

Definition und Bedeutung von „ go to hell in (a) handbasket“ im Englischen

to go to hell in (a) handbasket
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den Bach runtergehen, rapide verfallen

to rapidly and irreversibly deteriorate or decline in a manner that is likely to result in a bad outcome or failure 
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to [go] to hell in (a|) (handbasket|handbag) definition and meaning
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Redewendung
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Beispiele
After the new manager arrived, the whole department went to hell in a handbasket. 

Nachdem der neue Manager kam, ging die ganze Abteilung den Bach runter.

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