go to hell (in a handbasket)

to become worse in quality or character.

The roads in this part of the country are going to hell in a handbasket.

Related vocabulary: go to pot

Etymology: based on the idea of being carried to hell (= a place for punishment after life) in a handbasket (= a small container with a handle)

• an educated guess
• a needle in a haystack
• go round in circles
• go round the houses
• gory details
• go separate ways
• go so far as to
• go so far as to do something
• go south
• go spare
• gospel truth
• go stag
• go straight
• Go take a running jump!
• Go tell it to the marines.
• Go tell that to the marines.
• go the distance
• go the extra mile
• go the full distance
• go the whole hog
• go the whole nine yards
• go thin on top
• go through
• go through fire and water
• go through hell