to hell in a handbasket

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)To go to a badstate of affairsquickly.I watched as the guy in charge did nothing and the whole place wentto hell in a handbasket.1994,Stephen King,Insomnia:Ralph's close vision had deteriorated quite a bit since Carolyn’s death—goneto hell in a handbasketmight actually have been a more accurate way of putting it—and he had to lean forward until his brow was pressed against the dirty show window of Secondhand Rose, Secondhand Clothes before he could decipher it:[…]2010,Clay Shirky,Cognitive Surplus,page121:Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors.[…]Commentators wrung their hands about the slackers in our midst, further evidence that society was goingto hell in a handbasket.

Examples:

EN: I think the show's going to hell in a handbasket, and I'm r eady to fir e the whole bunch of you.
ES: Creo que el programa se va al infierno en una cesta, y esto listo para despediros a todos.
EN: This city's going to hell in a handbasket.
ES: La ciudad se va al infierno.
EN: A person slips up on the little things. And soon everything has gone to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Una persona se equivoca en los detalles y pronto todo se va al infierno... servido en bandeja.
EN: The world's gone straight to hell in a handbasket.
ES: El mundo entero se ha ido al garete.
EN: But the world's goin' to hell in a handbasket, so who knows?
ES: Pero el mundo se fue al infierno en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, ¿Asi que quien sabe?
EN: As usual, it's going to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Lo de siempre, todo va de mal en peor.
EN: Society's going to hell in a handbasket.
ES: La sociedad se va al infierno en una canasta de mano.
EN: Honest to God, Mike, this whole town is going to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Se honesto, Mike, todo el pueblo se irá al infierno.
EN: The whole damn town's going to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Toda la maldita ciudad se está yendo al diablo.
EN: This place has gone to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Este lugar se ha ido al diablo en un santiamén.
EN: Between the nigra in uniform and free yellow-bellied Japs running around, country's gone to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Entre los negros en uniforme y los cobardes japoneses que andan sueltos, el país se fue al demonio en un santiamén.
EN: Just got fired, figures the way the country's Going to hell in a handbasket, It might be tough finding another job.
ES: Acaban de despedirlo, las cifras indican que el país va camino al infierno decisivamente podría ser difícil encontrar otro trabajo.
EN: I'm gonna send these bastards to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Pero si no funciona, voy a mandar a esos cabrones al infierno en un cesto.
EN: Everything appears to be Going to hell in a handbasket around here, mr. Ulrich.
ES: Parece que todo por aquí se está yendo al infierno, Sr. Ulrich.
EN: I swear, this world is going to hell in a handbasket.
ES: Juro, este mundo va al infierno en una cesta de mano.

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