亚洲网紅露点

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handbasket

[ hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit ]

noun

  1. a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of handbasket1

First recorded in 1485鈥95; hand + basket
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. go to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively:

    The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.

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Example Sentences

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鈥淲ithout him, America has gone to hell in a handbasket,鈥 Nguyen said.

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But mostly he whined about how stupid all the other leaders are and complained about how the country has gone to hell in a handbasket while promising to make America great again.

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"I think they thought they could control it, and they realized that their recruiting efforts were going to go to hell in a handbasket if the truth about his death got out," he contended.

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鈥淕ivers of Death鈥 belongs to a fascinating subgenre: The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, so what do you hold on to?

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Moulton said that the American effort in Afghanistan 鈥渄idn鈥檛 go to hell in a handbasket with the withdrawal鈥 and that the country does not need a 鈥渘arrow investigation focused on just President Biden.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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