go to hell in a handcart



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go to hell in a handcart

To be in an extremely and increasingly bad or ruinous condition; to be on the inevitable path to utter failure or ruin. With this new president in office, our country is going to go to hell in a handcart! After our funding was cut, our project went to hell in a handcart.
See also: handcart, hell

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aylwen['eilwən]
Julinha-Portuguese
SzonjaSON-yawHungarian
Kimikokee-mee-koJapanese
AngelAYN-jəl (English)English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
OphÉLieo-fe-LEEFrench